Lieutenant William Powell Clifton
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Clifton,
William Powell
Date of birth: 1890-07-06
Place of birth: Niagara Falls Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Minnie Ethel Clifton, wife. 81 Pauline Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Address:
81 Pauline Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-08-21
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Villers Station Cemetery, VIII. F. 10.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded February 23, 1917, KIA at Hill 70
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 59493
LAC ID:
106007
Service file: B1802-S013
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Harry Clifton and Helen Wallace Clifton (nee Butters); older brother of Wallace Butters Clifton (Service No. 451067); husband of Minnie Ethel Clifton
Prior service - 5 years 44th Regiment and the QOR
Uploader's Research notes: [Lieutenant Army Canadian Militia Welland Canal Force Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 86th (Machine Gun) Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 11th Canadian Machine Gun Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-09-10