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EDWARD J JOHNSON.
BORN: 1885. Clifford.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Clifford.
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THOMAS JOHNSON.
BORN: 1895. Clifford.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Clifford.
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GEORGE KNAPTON.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Clifford.
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STOKER PATRICK MORAN.
SERVICE NUMBER: 7804S. UNIT: Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Invincible."
BORN: Clifford. RESIDENCE: Hartlepool.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 31/05/1916. AGED: 42.
CEMETERY: Chatham Naval Memorial. PANEL: 19.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Clifford.
Son of Thomas Born County Mayo Ireland 1845 and Catherine Mac Kale Born Hazelwood Nr Tadcaster 1851 who married in 1874.
Patrick married Mary Plunkett in 1903 a Daughter Margerat was born in 1911. Mary passed away in 1913 and Patrick remarried in 1915 to Ellen Conway at Hartlepool.
Ellen was residing at 4, Cleveland St., Hartlepool, when Patrick gave his life.
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PRIVATE THOMAS MORAN.
SERVICE NUMBER: 19155. UNIT: 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Clifford. ENLISTED: York.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 14/07/1916. AGED: 39.
CEMETERY: Flatiron Copse Cemetery Mametz. GRAVE: V. G. 6.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Clifford.
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CHARLES MUSGRAVE.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Clifford.
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PRIVATE OSCAR NIXON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 10683. UNIT: 2nd Bn Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment.
BORN: Clifford. ENLISTED: Keighley. RESIDENCE: Shiremoor Durham.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 05/05/1915. AGED:
CEMETERY: Ypres Memorial. PANEL: 20.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
Oscar was Born in Clifford hence the reason he is shown on this page.
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PRIVATE THOMAS RHODES.
SERVICE NUMBER: 235016. UNIT: 2/7th West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Wetherby. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 28/03/1918. AGED:
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Clifford.
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial. PANEL: Bay 4.
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PRIVATE JOSEPH RUSSELL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 200481. UNIT/REGIMENT: 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Clifford. ENLISTED: York. RESIDENCE: Yeadon nr Leeds.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 27/07/1917. AGED: 33.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Clifford.
Joseph was the son of William a Mason by trade Born Coventry 1854 and Martha Born Clifford 1853.
Joseph had brothers William, John, Peter and John all Born Clifford, and sisters Mary Ann Eleanor and Esther.
In 1901 Joseph was working and living in the nearby village of Walton as a Ploughhay worker for the Lister family.
Indeed Arthur Lister had past away only three days before Joseph in the same hospital they are lie at peace only rows apart at Mont Houn Cemetery.
YORKSHIRE EVENING POST LEEDS AUGUST 31ST 1917.
"Private Joseph Russell Clifford has died in hospital abroad from gas poisening."
GRAVE: II. H. 1A.
CEMETERY: Mont Houn Military Cemetery Le Treport.
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STOKER 1st CLASS WILSON STEEL.
SERVICE NUMBER: K/11446.
UNIT: Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Hogue".
GAVE HIS LIFE: 22/09/1914. AGED: 29.
CEMETERY: Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PANEL: 4.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.Clifford.
CWGC States:
"Son of Lucy A. Fowler, of High St., Clifford, Boston Spa, Yorks."
Wilson Steele was actually Wilson Fowler son of George Born Tockwith 1868 a gamekeeper on Smaws Farm and Lucy Ann Bilbrough Born Tadcaster 1869 they married at Tadcaster in 1889.
Wilson was the brother of Alfred Fowler remembered on this site who gave his life on the 20/11/1917.
Wilson also had brothers George born Newton Kyme and Harry Born Smaws Farm and sisters Lucy and Lillian.
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JOSEPH WETHERILL.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Clifford.
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PRIVATE JOHN JOSEPH WETHERILL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15232. UNIT: 9th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/08/1915. AGED: 18.
CEMETERY: Helles Memorial Gallipoli. PANEL: 47 to 51.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Clifford.
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