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Pte. James Albert Clifford
British Army D Coy., 1st Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
from:Bermondsey, London
My Dad, James Clifford was conscripted into the Army at 18 years of age in June 1944. He completed training and joined his unit in October 1944. Fought in France, Belgium and Holland. He fought in the Battle for Roermond and took part in Operation Veritable in the Reichswald Forest. He was injured in late February 1945 during a mortar attack. He returned to the UK and did not leave hospital until October 1947. He was discharged from the Army in November 1947.