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Personal data

• Name SPURR
• Initials C
• First name CLIFFORD
• Place of birth Gawber
• Country Barnsley, England
• Last residence Church Street, Gawber
• Family Son of Joseph and Mary Spurr; two brothers also served, Harold served with the Royal Marines (prisoner of war in Germany) and the Eli, with the R.F.A.; they survived the war;
• Extra info Husband of E. Hobson (formerly Spurr), of II, Beaconsfield Terrace, Barnsley, Yorkshire;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Barnsley
• Service number 240099
• Rank Private
• Medals M M
• Regiment and unit 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment "C" Coy.
• Division - Brigade 148th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 49th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career lserving with the Barnsley Territorials at the outbreak of war; to France on 13 April 1915

Death

• Wounded 3 January, struck by a shell, nearly amputating his left thigh;
• Type of wounds Died of wounds
• Date of death 4 January 1918
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - D - 17

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