Guest Posted 9 October , 2017 Share Posted 9 October , 2017 Please does anyone have information about Captain G.Cliff (Adjt) Lincolnshire Yeomanry? I have a postcard with him photograph on but no other info. Thanks you if you can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolymoleyRE Posted 9 October , 2017 Share Posted 9 October , 2017 (edited) First up, is Major Grosvenor Talbot Cliff, formally Captain Adjutant Lincolnshire Yeomanry with a senority date of April 1912. On the 1916 Army List he is Temp Major with the 3rd (Prince Of Wales's) Dragoon Guards until his death (accidentally killed) on the 10th Feb 1918. Regards Andy https://www.lincstothepast.com/CLIFF--Grosvenor-Talbot---Legion-D-Honeur--France-/1543344.record?pt=S Edited 9 October , 2017 by HolymoleyRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 9 October , 2017 Share Posted 9 October , 2017 "On 10th February the Brigade suffered a great loss in the death of Major G. T. Cliff (second in command, 3rd Dragoon Guards), who fractured his skull by a fall from his horse, and died at No. 5 CCS. at Tincourt." - History of the 6th Cavalry Brigade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolymoleyRE Posted 9 October , 2017 Share Posted 9 October , 2017 Pre war he played cricket in the Lincolnshire XI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 9 October , 2017 Share Posted 9 October , 2017 The 1918 Probate Calendar records that Grosvenor Talbot Cliff, of West Firsby Manor, Lincolnshire, a major in H.M. Army, died 10 February 1918 at Tincourt in France. Probate was granted at the London Court on the 11 December (1918) to Helen Cliff, widow, and Francis Paget Hett, solicitor. His effects were valued at 64,574, 13s, 7d. (Which in todays money would be worth over £2.5 million). https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar#calendar I suspect therefore he will probably get a mention in The Times as well as the newspapers covering Lincolnshire. regards, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 An obituary was published in The Times on Thursday 14 February 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 His brother Reginald Bertram Talbot Cliff died of wounds 23/9/1915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo794 Posted 12 November , 2017 Share Posted 12 November , 2017 (edited) This is Grosvenor He appears on on our village, Scawby, North Lincs., Church War memorial. Edited 12 November , 2017 by Bingo794 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo794 Posted 12 November , 2017 Share Posted 12 November , 2017 Grosvenor Cliff's family home. The Grove, Scawby. Anothe r view of The Grove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo794 Posted 12 November , 2017 Share Posted 12 November , 2017 Probably the card you have....... The Grove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo794 Posted 12 November , 2017 Share Posted 12 November , 2017 The main gate to The Grove, taken in the late 60's by my father. A local photographer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo794 Posted 12 November , 2017 Share Posted 12 November , 2017 (edited) The Cliff family were linked to the Scunthorpe Iron works and were partly responsible for it becoming the successful steel plant it has been over the years. In Scunthorpe, there are streets and public houses named after the family, such as The Grosvenor and The Talbot. There is Grovesnor St., Cliff St., among other linked to the family around the old parts of town. Not the most salubrious of towns, today. As I am sure you will know. Edited 12 November , 2017 by Bingo794 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo794 Posted 12 November , 2017 Share Posted 12 November , 2017 The Cliff family built The Grove at some time before 1910. There was a smaller house on the site which was knocked down to make way for their grand hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo794 Posted 12 November , 2017 Share Posted 12 November , 2017 The Old Grove which was knocked down for the larger house. The front door of todays house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offibo Posted 11 April , 2020 Share Posted 11 April , 2020 I am not sure if this topic is still live , having only just come back to the forum after some time. Grosvenor Cliff was my grandfathers uncle and Scawby Grove was built by my great great Grandfather, Joseph Cliff whose father also Joseph Cliff started the Iron works at Scunthorpe, he being a major industrialist in Leeds involved in mining and brick and tile manufacturing (The Leeds tile and fireclay company later became Burmantofts) . Grosvenor was the second of 3 sons (Joseph Tertious, Grosvenor and my Great Grandfather Reginald Bertram who was killed at Ypres in 1916) The Grove and all the families interests in the steelworks were all sold off in 1929, I have some photos of the family and the Grove but I have not seen the one of the House front in your post above, I also have other momentoes of the family including letters mostly pertaining to my Great Grandfather and his time and sad death in Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offibo Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 On 12/11/2017 at 18:02, Bingo794 said: The Old Grove which was knocked down for the larger house. The front door of todays house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offibo Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 This house was definitely built before the 1st world war because my great great grandfather Joseph who built it died in June 1914 just before the war started. Also the crest above the front door there is our family coat of arms. It would be interesting to see any more pictures you might have both old and modern. I have never been to see this house as we moved down to cornwall when I was a child so any information would be welcome. Richard Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 Dear Richard, Fascinating! The charming-looking Major G. T. Cliff had rotten luck to have been fatally thrown from his horse. Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofatfortakeoff Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 Heres a bit from the Barton scrapbook concerning Reginald Cliff died in an accident. At the bottom right about June 1915 Id imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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