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