Name
Clifford Albert Ringwood
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
01/08/1943
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
1100814
Royal Artillery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
I. H. 5.
India
Headstone Inscription
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS "THY WILL BE DONE"
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, Royal British Legion Plaque, Payne's Park, Hitchin, Hitchin Roll of Honour 1939 – 1945 (Book) St Mary’s Church, Hitchin, Ickleford Church War Memorial
Biography
He was born in Norwich but before joining the army he had been employed by Mr Doughty at Ickleford Manor. He was resident in Hertfordshire when he joined up in 1940 and was given the Service Number 1100814.
He died of dysentery in India and is buried in Plot 1, Row H, Grave 5 in the Ranchi War Cemetery which suggests that he may have served in Burma. Ranchi was a base and training station for the war in Burma.
His home was at 62, Strathmore Ave, Hitchin and he was the son of Samuel and Katherine Ringwood and the husband of Gertrude A.E. Ringwood.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, Paul Johnson - local historian, ‘History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery - Far East Theatre - 1941-1946’ by M. Farndale, Herts Pictorial dated 10th August 1943
