Ernest Clifford – Plane – Great Western Railway – Private – 30/11/1915

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Title

Ernest Clifford – Plane – Great Western Railway – Private – 30/11/1915

Initials / forenames

Ernest Clifford

Surname

Plane

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Welsh Regiment, 6th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

1782

Railway department

Locomotive and Carriage Department, Neath

Railway job

Machinist

Date died

30/11/1915

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine March 1916, p73 and June, p147. Photos: March 1916, p73 and June, p147

Memorial

Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos

Notes

Aged 16, son of Margaret Plane of 80 Cambrian Rd, Neyland, Pembrokeshire and the late William Plane. Plane was in the in the GWR service for nearly 3 years. He had joined the GWR in January 1913. He was a member of the Territorial Force and was a Signaller.<br /><br />The GWR Magazine reports that he was 17 when he died.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway), Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

03/05/2017

Last updated

03/05/2017

Citation

“Ernest Clifford – Plane – Great Western Railway – Private – 30/11/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 12, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/48132.