Clifford George Buxton
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner 1721429
Parents: Albert George and Ada Buxton
Home address: 84 Lodge Road, Kingswood,Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Wood Machinist
Date of birth: 24/12/1916
Place of birth: Easton, Bristol
Date of death: 25/06/1945
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata, India. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 28
Further information:
Clifford was born in Easton, Bristol the son of an engineer and the eldest of two children with a younger sister Iris.
Clifford enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1940 and had his first posting in October 1941. His regiment (the 114 Field Regiment) served in Burma between 1943 and 1945 and Clifford died from complications of diphtheria in June 1945 in the 21st British General Military Hospital which was based in Calcutta at that time.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://nigelef.tripod.com/regtsumm.htm