Private James Earnest Clifford Plaque

This plaque is dedicated to the memory of Private James Earnest Clifford, born in Ottawa in April 1894. He eventually moved to Saskatchewan where he was a homesteader/farmer in the Leask area. He enlisted in March 1916 at Saskatoon. James Ernest Clifford was killed on September 1918 and is buried at Haynecourt British Cemetery, northwest of Cambrai.

This plaque was originally located at the Loyal Orange #222 Billings Bridge; at the time, the village of Billings Bridge was a small community near the present day Billings Bridge in Ottawa. With the closure of the Lodge, the plaque eventually came into the hands of Gloucester Township Historical Society.

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In memory of
Pte. James E. Clifford
183rd Battalion
Killed in Action in the
Battle of the Cambrai, France
Sept 27th 1918 - Aged 24 years

"Their name liveth forevermore"