Name
Wigram Clifford (DSO)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/06/1917
41
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
Northumberland Fusiliers
1st Bn., attached 10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Distinguished Service Order
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION
III. D. 11.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 20 Feb 1876 and baptised on 8 Mar 1876 in Bareilly, Bengal, India son of Maj. Gen. Richard Meloille and Celestina Sarah Clifford. Educated at the United Services College 1888-94. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 5th Bn. on 25 Mar 1896, Lieutenant 16 Apr 1899 and Captain 1 Oct 1901. Served in the South African War 1899-1901 and was wounded at Kimberley. He married Eva Charlotte Ormsby Miles in 1903 in Bideford, Devon. Served on the North-West Frontier 1908
Wartime Service
Killed in action in Belgium.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
