Herbert George Clifford
Memorial: Hambrook - Whiteshill Common
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Gunner 148640
Parents: Edward and Louisa (Nee Merchant) Clifford
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: The Mill, Frenchay Lived: 1901 census, the family lived in Stream Road, Hambrook
Pre-war occupation: Market Gardener
Date of birth: 1892
Place of birth: Hawkesbury Upton
Date of death: 21/03/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Pozieres memorial (Panel 7 to 10), France
Age: 26
Further information:
On the 1911 Census, Herbert lived with his parents in The Mill, Frenchay along with 5 brothers and one sister. In total his parents had nine children.
Herbert enlisted in Coleford and served with the "D" Battery, 105th Battalion of the Royal Field Artillery. Herbert was gassed in 1917 and was Killed in Action on the 21st March 1918 in France.
Herbert is commemorated on the Frenchay (St John the Baptist Church) memorial and the Hambrook (Whiteshill Common) Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Frenchay Village Museum, Forces War Records.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.