Son of Frederick William Oxley, of 116, Chorley New Road, Horwich, Lancashire, and the late Frances Oxley. Formerly employed at the Horwich Loco Works and latterly as a marine engineer on their Goole to Dunkirk and Zeebrugge services. Previously served four years as a signaller with the Horwich Territorials (4th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire REgiment). Killed by a shell while fixing barbed wire defences.
Oxley, Clifford –
Personal details
- Surname: Oxley
- Forename: Clifford
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Horwich, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 27
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: May 4th, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Corporal
- Unit: No.1 Siege Company, Royal Anglesey.
- Service number: 397183
- Regiment: Royal Engineers
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Horwich, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Horwich 1914-18 Roll of Honour - Horwich Heritage
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company WWI Memorial at Victoria Station Manchester - and also WWI Roll of Honour Book
- CWGC Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France
- CWGC reference: XIV. D. 9.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/05/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c