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Three: Captain C. H. W. Clifford, 29th Punjabis, Indian Army, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War
1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. H. W. Clifford, 29/Punjabis.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. H. W. Clifford.) good very fine (3) £70-£90
M.I.D. London Gazettes 8 February 1917 and 5 June 1919.
Cecil Herbert Windsor Clifford was born in Poona, India, in 1889. He was commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers for service during the Great War on 14 May 1915, and served in East Africa with the 29th Punjabis from 23 June 1916, before further service in Palestine. Advanced Lieutenant on 24 July 1917 and Captain 14 May 1919, post-War he appears to have worked as a Port Official for the Bengal Marine Department in Calcutta. He died in England in 1967.
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