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Surname: GIFFORD
Forename(s): George Percy
Place of Birth: Brierfield, Lancashire
Service No: 32230
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 22nd Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1918-11-27
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 15.
CWGC Cemetery: DEDEAGATCH BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
George Percy Gifford was the son of John and Mary Gifford, née Yeadon. John was born at Settle and Mary at Langcliffe, Yorkshire.
1891 Brierfield, Lancashire Census: 28, Montague Street - Geo Percy Gifford, aged 7 years, born Reedley Hallows, Lancashire, son of Jno Gifford, widower.
1901 Brierfield, Lancashire Census: 3, Carlton Street - Percy Gifford, aged 17 years, born Brierfield, son of John Gifford, widower.
1911 Brierfield, Lancashire Census: 35 Halifax Road - G.P. Gifford, aged 26 years, born Brierfield. [George and his father, John, were boarding with Alexandra [sic] and Maggie Stewart.]
George was married to Mary Ann Holt in 1912. Mary married Albert Edward Robinson in 1920.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George P. Gifford, 32230, K.S.L.I.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte George P. Gifford, 32230, Infantry Base Depot, Shrops L. I.; 2 Entrenching Battn, Shrops L. I.; 8 Shrops L. I.; Infantry Base Depot, Shrops L. I.; 8 Shrops L. I.; 66 M.G. Coy, Shrops L. I.; 8 Shrops L. I.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte George P. [struck through] E. Gifford, 32230, 8th (S) Bn K.S.L.I. Date and Place of Death: 27.11.18. Salonica. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Sole Legatee - Mary A. £22 11s. 2d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte George P. Gifford, 32230, K. Shropshire L. I. Date and cause of death: Dysentery and Malaria Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Mary A., born 27.6.87. Address: 18, Livingstone Street, Brierfield.
The 1921 Census shows that Mary, husband Albert and their son Jack, were living with Mary's parents, Willie and Fanny Holt, at 23, Railway View, Brierfield.
George is commemorated on the Brierfield War Memorial.
Data Source: Memorial Inscription on Family Gravestone
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private George Percy GIFFORD

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 22nd Division
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