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Record #15830

Name :: : Herbert CLIFFORD (1900 - 1960)
aka : Herbert Leslie Clifford
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 5 Oct 1900
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 25 Feb 1960

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, London

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialEngland, Cheshire, Neston

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 31 Jul 1904
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Southwark
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesHerbert was born October 5 1890 in London, England. Herbert was the son of Sophia Harriet Clifford. It appears Sophia was a single mother at the time of Herbert's birth. In 1891 Herbert and Sophia are living with her parents William and Mary Clifford. In 1893 Sophia married William Dobson and in 1901 Herbert is found living alone with his Grandparents. Sophia and William would have nine children together. It appears that this family fell upon hard times as their son James was born in the Hackney Union Workhouse. Sophia's parents were left to cope with Herbert.

On Palm Sunday in 1904 Herbert?s life took a turn for the worse when his grandmother Emma passed away. With the one stabilizing force in his life gone he spent several months living with his aunt Priscilla and his mother.

Late one night in early June, 1904, he was picked up by the police for ?Wandering?. He was described in the police report as an ?Illegitimate Waif? and he soon found himself in the care of Dr. Barnardo. By late July he was heading overseas to start a new life in Canada.

Herbert arrived aboard the Southwark on July 31 1904. He traveled with a group of 479 children, he was headed to Toronto, Ontario.

Herbert?s teenage years were spent on various farms in southern Ontario. He had difficulty settling and ran away on several occasions but he did seem genuinely appreciative of the opportunity he was given. Nevertheless his restless nature was always surfacing and when, at age 16, he expressed a desire to join the navy he was instructed in no uncertain terms to stick to farming.

On December 10 1910 Herbert married Annie Ellen Lewis in Ashton, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. The would begin their married life in Sarnia, Ontario. Herbert and Annie would have five children.

Ten years after his arrival in Canada, Herbert would sail back to England as part of the First Canadian Contingent. On September 21 1914 in Valcartier, Ontario, Canada Herbert enlisted in the with the 14th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Montreal Regiment. He headed overseas on September 29th. It would be nearly five years before he set foot in Canada again. During the Second Battle of Ypres, April 22 1915, just after the first chlorine gas attack, Herbert was shot and captured while on patrol. Herbert?s war was over but he was to spend the next three and half years as a prisoner of war. These prisons were notoriously harsh places but they likely saved his life. He was released on December 28, 1918 and spent the next nine months at military camps throughout England and northern Wales.

He returned to his family near Richmond, Ontario after being de-mobbed at Montreal in September 1919. On January 19, 1920 Barnardo?s reported that he had purchased a place 8 miles southwest of the village and was settling in well. Within days of this report Herbert had left his family and disappeared.

A passenger list showing a ?Herbert Clifford? disembarking in Liverpool on January 29th, 1920, was found. Then a British Army Medal Rolls index card that included Herbert?s Canadian Regimental Number alongside a British one was also discovered, showing that Herbert had joined up again.

His British Service Record showed he joined the Cheshire Regiment within two weeks of his return to the UK. Tellingly he listed his marital status as ?Single?. Herbert spent his entire four years in Cheshire and when discharged he received a very complimentary review on his Character Certificate. His discharge papers, dated January 28, 1924, indicated he was leaving the service to become a Butler and that his address was on Neston Road, Willaston, near Birkenhead.

Herbert changed his name to Herbert Leslie Clifford and married in 1922 Christina Alice Jones, widow of Thomas Jones, and the mother of 3 children. The couple was living at Bethel?s Cottage in 1923, a year before Herbert left the army.

Herbert Clifford joining the Post Office at Heswall Hill in July 1928. He had moved to Windsor in 1938 and retired in 1945.

Christina Alice Clifford (nee Jones) died April 21, 1958 and Herbert ?Leslie? Clifford on February 25, 1960.

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ContributorsCreated : 2011-12-31 17:09:51 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-06-15 21:59:14 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3004	AARON, Alfred Robert	1899	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3003	AARON, John Richard	1895	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3007	ABBEY, Bertha	1890	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3006	ABBEY, John	1887	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3161	ABBEY, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3047	ABBOT, William	1878	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3019	ABBOTT, Alfred	1869	ENG,	Aug 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
23669	ABBOTT, Alice	1877	ENG,	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3022	ABBOTT, Bertie	1894	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos	sharonmx5 , patty_in_ms
3025	ABBOTT, David Henry	1891	ENG, ESS, Grays	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8354	ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper	1885	ENG, LND, Homerton	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3038	ABBOTT, Herman Henry	1882	ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
10624	ABBOTT, John	1913	ENG,	Apr 1929 : Duchess of York	CAN	Barnardos
3045	ABBOTT, Leslie	1883	ENG,	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3060	ABBOTT, Lilian	1903	ENG,	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3026	ABBOTT, Mary	1888	ENG, ESS, Maldon	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
3049	ABBOTT, Penelope	1901	ENG, KEN, Sidcup	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
5046	ABBS, Bertie Cecil John	1914	ENG, LND, St. Pancras	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
3061	ABDALE, John George	1873	ENG, NBL, Newcastle Upon Tyne	Mar 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Barnardos
3063	ABEL, Albert Edward G.	1901	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3065	ABEL, Florence	1902	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3067	ABEL, Frederick	1889	ENG,	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3071	ABEL, John	1886	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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