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Private ERNEST CLAYFORD

Service Number: 41321
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY

IV. F. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Henry Clayford and Hannah Clayford; adopted son of William and Ada Mitchell, of Laburnam Cottage, Wike Moortown, near Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription CHERISHED MEMORIES OF OUR BELOVED SON HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 997
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