Name
Clifford Bygrave Sewell
1896
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/09/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
3156
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1st/4th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 9 D and 16 B.
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham,
Southgate Cricket And Hockey Club Enfield
Greater London,
Plaque Christ Church Southgate
Pre War
Clifford Bygrave Sewell was the eldest son of Henry E. B. Sewell (a Sugar Merchant) and Mary Perring (nee Cheston), He was educated at Aldenham School .
The family lived in Barnet and also Southgate
Wartime Service
Clifford joined 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers early in the Great War.
He went to Egypt in Aug 1915 and took part in the Gallipoli Campaign. Clifford was killed in action with the Battalion in an attack Leuze and the Quadrilateral during many of the battles of the Somme.
Additional Information
His younger brother Geoffrey also served in 4th Battalion Royal fusiliers and was with Clifford in Gallipoli. He was killed in action on 21 Dec 1917.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
