DAY Clifford

  • First Name(s):
    Clifford 
  • Surname:
    DAY
  • Service Number:
    35592
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Yorkshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 3869, 2/1. Berkshire Yeomanry.
  • Date of Death:
    7th September 1918
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany, Grave XIII. A. 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Headless Cross, Redditch, resident Webheath, Redditch, enlisted Birmingham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Brother of Frederick T. Day, 10 Curtis Grove, Wilford Rd., Nottingham

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

DAY Clifford Is Named On These Memorials

Headless Cross Methodist Church WW1 Memorial
Headless Cross The Bridge Church formerly St Luke’s Church

Further Information About DAY Clifford

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

On the 1911 census Clifford Day, aged 12, was staying with his Uncle and Aunt, William and Alice Powell at 90 Birchfield Road, Headless Cross.

The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, Saturday 10th August 1918:
Webheath Soldier a Prisoner of War
The relatives and friends of Private C. Day, Yorkshire Regt., who lives at Birchfield Road, Webheath, have received information through the Red Cross Society that he is a prisoner of war in an unknown camp in Germany.  Pte. Day was reported missing on the 27th of May.

The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, Saturday 22nd February 1919:
Died as Prisoner of War
Previously Reported Missing, now Reported Died as Prisoner of War in German hands
Day C. (35592) – Yorks Regt. from Redditch

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger digitised by and courtesy of Martin Stephens.

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Credits: Researched by Jillian Coombes.