Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookpecial Reserve of Officers, receiving his majority 19 May, 1913. He served in the South African war, and was specially selected for accelerated promotion, and remained as Musketry Inspector till the post was done away with; and also in the Mediterranean, receiving a medal. On the outbreak of the European war he rejoined, and left with his regt. for the Front at the end of Sept. 1914. On the morning of 13 Oct. he was wounded, but he fought gallantly and refused to give in, and officers present at the time spoke with great praise of his bravery. Later the same day he was killed by a shell. Major Cliff was a keen sportsman, and played frequently for the Yorkshire Gentlemen, of which cricket club he was a member for many years; he was also a regular follower of the Bramham Moor, York and Ainsty, and Lord Middleton's hounds. He _m._ at Walton-on-Thames, Mary Alice, dau. of Arnold Trinder, of River House, Walton-on-Thames, and had a son, Anthony Dewhirst, _b._ 15 Aug. 1913. [Illustration: =Herbert Theodore Cliff.=] =CLIFF, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R. A. 3958), 144621, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CLIFFE, NICKOLAS HENRY=, Private, No. 14700, Fort Garry Horse, attd. 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late William Cliff, of Fleece Inn, Preston, Publican, by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Burton; _b._ Preston, co. Lancaster, 15 July, 1881; enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regt. at the time of the South African War, and served through that campaign, afterwards going to Canada and settling in Winnipeg. After the outbreak of the European War he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915; _unm._ =CLIFFORD= (formerly =WILLIAMS=), =ANTHONY CLIFFORD=, B.A., M.B., B.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Lieut., Reserve of Officers, 3rd Dragoon Guards, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Henry Williams. M.A., C.M.S. Missionary in India, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the Rev. John Bryant Clifford, Vicar of St. Matthew's, Kingsdown, Bristol; _b._ Bristol, 13 July, 1888; educ. St. Oswald's School, Clifton, and Marlborough; went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1900, when he took the name of Clifford. He belonged to the University O.T.C., and after taking his B.A. degree, went to Guy's Hospital in 1909, where he took his M.B., and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Reserve of Officers, 18 May, 1912. At the outbreak of war he had just qualified as a doctor, but was called up for active service; was attached to the 3rd Dragoon Guards; went to the Front as a machine-gun officer in May, and was killed in action at Hooge, 2 June, 1915. He was remounting his gun in a new position after the first position had been blown in, when he was shot through the head and killed instantly. Buried in the annexe of the churchyard at Vlamertinghe. Trooper W. Spencer in a letter home wrote: "A hundred shells fell in twenty minutes around our left Maxim gun. Lieut. Clifford timed them as cool as a cucumber, with his watch in his hand. This brave officer lost his life later in the day. Our officers worked like heroes. They were Capt. Holt and Lieut. Clifford." [Illustration: =Anthony C. Clifford.=] =CLIFTON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 272033, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CLIFTON, HAROLD NORTON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, yr. _s._ of William Edward Clifton, of 7, East India Avenue, London, E.C., Architect and Surveyor, and 12, Cambridge Square, Hyde Park, London, W., Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and of the Surveyors' Institution, by his wife, Isabel, dau. of the late James Nelson, of Carlisle; _b._ 32, Ashley Gardens, Westminster, 7 May, 1894; educ. St. Peter's Court, Broadstairs, and Harrow; joined the Artists' Rifles in 1913, and went with the Corps to France in Oct. 1914, as a Corpl., obtaining a commission in the Coldstream Guards, 1 Jan. 1915. He was severely wounded at Cuinchy, near La Bassée, 25 Jan. 1915, and died of his wounds in a German field hospital, 1 Feb. following, and was buried at Billy Berclau, near La Bassée; _unm._ At Harrow, 2nd Lieut. Clifton was in the Sixth Form, a school monitor, head of his house (Druries), a member of the football eleven, captain of the swimming and middle-weight boxer for the school for two years, competing in the Public Schools Competition at Aldershot. He was also a member of the Richmond Football Club. [Illustration: =Harold Norton Clifton.=] =CLIFTON, HERBERT PERCIVILLE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4555), S.S. 103666, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CLIFTON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2938, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLINTON, RICHARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 296947, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLOSE, MAX ARTHUR=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., elder _s._ of George Arthur Close, of Westbury, East Finchley, N. by his wife, Sarah, dau. of the late William Swift, of Smethwick, Staffordshire; _b._ Stroud Green, co. Middlesex, 14 Sept. 1889; educ. Christ's College, Finchley, and afterwards in France and Germany. He joined the 1st Battn. Artists' Rifles in 1908, and on the outbreak of the war, volunteering for foreign service, was sent to France in Oct. 1914. He did his probationary work in the 2nd Border Regt. at Ypres in Nov. 1914, and was gazetted to the 1st Battn. Highland L.I., 1 Jan. 1915, and promoted Lieut. While gallantly leading his platoon in an attack from Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915, he was hit in the head, and died shortly afterwards. He was buried outside the trenches, south-east of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Col. E. R. Hill, officer commanding 1st Highland L.I., wrote: "In him we mourn one more of those gallant fellows who responded so promptly to the call of duty and set an example to the country." Lieut.-Col. H. A. R. May, officer commanding Artists' Rifles, also wrote: "Your son unswervingly persisted in carrying out what he conceived to be his duty. He splendidly upheld all the best traditions of the British Army, and he won the esteem of all with whom he came in contact. His name will always be remembered by us with pride." [Illustration: =Max Arthur Close.=] =CLOUGH, ALEXANDER JAMES=, Chief Stoker, 291102, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CLOUGH, THOMAS WOODHEAD=, Private, No. 2017, C. Coy. 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Woodhead Lister Clough, of 8, Marsfield Terrace, West Bowling, Bradford, co. Yorks, retired Milk Dealer, by his wife, Alice (died 17 Feb. 1914), dau. of William (and Martha) Downes; _b._ West Bowling, 31 Dec. 1887; educ. Marshfield School, where he gained certificates entitling him to give lessons in shorthand, typing, etc.; and after serving 7 year |