Henry Clifford (British Army officer)

Brigadier-General Henry Frederick Hugh Clifford, DSO (August 1867 – 11 September 1916) was a British Army officer. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme while inspecting trenches. At the time, he was commanding the 149th (Northumberland) Brigade.

Brigadier-General Henry Clifford DSO

Biography

Clifford was the second son of Major-General The Honourable Sir Henry Hugh Clifford VC. His elder brother was the colonial administrator Sir Hugh Clifford. He entered the Army in 1888 and served in the Second Boer War.

Appointed a DSO in 1915, he was wounded by a sniper the same year. In June 1915, he was given command of the 149th (Northumberland) Brigade. In September 1916, he was killed on the Somme by a German sniper.

References

• Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs - General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper, pp. 54–55.

External links

• "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
• Portraits of Henry Frederick Hugh Clifford at the National Portrait Gallery, London