Herbert Norcliffe

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772921

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Riverdale Baptist Church, Slingsby Mfg. Co. Honour Roll

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

West Yorkshire

Birth city:

Huddersfield

Address at enlistment:

127 Spring Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

127 Spring Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Spinner

Employer:

Slingsby Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Wounded

BX May 15, 1917

Benjamin Norcliffe, of 54 Burwell Street, has received official word from Ottawa that his son, Private Herbert Norcliffe, who went overseas with the first overseas battalion, Dufferin Rifles, has been wounded and admitted to the 30th General Military Hospital at Calais on May 4. Private Norcliffe, prior to enlistment, was an employee of the Slingsby Mills here.