Three: Lieutenant-Colonel W. R. M. Clifford, Northumberland Fusiliers, who served during the Second World War as an Instructor, S.A.S., Netheravon

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Capt. W. R. M. Clifford. R. North;d. Fus.) in crushed named card box of issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with a Fifth Fusiliers Prize Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘”C” Coy Hockey 1930 Lieut. Clifford’, extremely fine (4) £120-£160

Wigram Richard Miles Clifford was born in Ireland on 16 January 1905, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Wigram Clifford, Northumberland Fusiliers, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Northumberland Fusiliers from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on 30 August 1924. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he was promoted Lieutenant on 30 August 1926, and Captain on 9 February 1935, and served in Palestine from 12 September to 30 December 1936.

Promoted temporary Major on 11 August 1940, Clifford was posted to S.A.S. Netheravon as an Instructor on 12 June 1941, and was confirmed in the rank of Major on 30 August 1941. He retired on 25 September 1948, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He died in Malvern in August 1990.

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For the medals awarded to the recipient’s father and brother, see Lots 89 and 344.