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Gunner

Clifford Herbert Haskins

Service number 149108
Military unit 23rd Division Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery
Address Nottingham
Date of birth
Date of death 17 Nov 1916 (24 years old)
Place of birth Poole Dorset
Employment, education or hobbies

In 1911 he was a miller.

Family history

Cliifford Herbert Haskins was born in 1893 at Poole, he was the son of Frederick a rope maker and his first wife Emily Jane Haskins née Richards.

His father Frederick was born in 1861 at Melksham, Wiltshire, his mother Emily Jane Richards was born in 1863 at Melksham she died in 1896 at Poole, they were married n 9th November 1884 at St Pauls Church, Poole, they had 5 children, Clifford Herbert, Frederick George, Reginald Frank, Harry George, Ernest John (killed in action 15/7/1916).

Frederick went on to marry Martha Sarah Holloway born 1864 at Poole , they were married in 1897 at Poole they had 3 children, Harold Edwin, Arthur Gladstone and Elsie Haskins.

In 1901 the family lived at 16 Queen Street and in 1911 at 2 Morden Cottages West Butt (both Poole Dorset).

In the 1911 census the family are living at 2 Morden Cottages, West Butt, Poole Frederick Haskins 50 yrs is a rope maker, he is living with his wife Martha 47 yrs and their children, Clifford 18 yrs a miller, Ernest 16 yrs a tile maker, Harold 12 yrs a scholar and Elsie 4 yrs of age.

Military history

Gunner Clifford Herbert Haskins enlisted at Nottingham, he served with the 23rd divisional ammunition column Royal Field Artillery, he died of wounds on 17th November 1916, he is buried atBazentin-Le-Petit Military Cemetery, Grave Referene: C 23, France.

Extra information

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