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Three: Acting Corporal S. Goodliffe, Welsh Regiment, late Police Constable, Glamorganshire Constabulary, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 November 1914
1914 Star, with clasp (8535 Pte. S. Goodliffe. 2/Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (8535 A. Cpl. S. Goodliffe. Welsh R.) very fine

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (Bd.-S.-M. J. E. Goodliffe. 2nd. G.V.A.) engraved naming, lightly polished, very fine (4) £160-£200

Sidney Goodliffe was born in Cardiff in 1877, the son of Band Sergeant Major Josiah E. Goodliffe, Glamorgan Royal Garrison Artillery, and attested for the Welsh Regiment in 1904, serving with them in India, South Africa, and Egypt. Placed on the Reserve List, he subsequently joined the Glamorganshire County Constabulary as a Police Constable, and was stationed at Pentre. Recalled for service during the Great War, he served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 13 August 1914, and was wounded by shrapnel in action on 28 October 1914. Recovering, he returned to the trenches, and was killed in action when shot through the head on 12 November 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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