Lieutenant Clifford Hugh Gregory Coombs
22 Dec 1896 - 19 Jul 1954
Biography
The son of John and Sarah, he married Ethel Marks in 1924, then Winifred M Hall in 1941.
Postings
Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
---|---|---|---|
Sandford Levvy Patrol | Patrol Leader | 30 May 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
National ID
WOTF 82/1
Occupation
Boot repairer (Managing Director)
Address
(1939) 66 Redent Street, Weston-Super-Mare, then Claremont, Brendon Avenue, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset
Other information
In Auxiliary Units he was promoted to Second Lieutenant 1st February 1941 the to Lieutenant 17th June 1942.
Cliff Coombs owned a shoe makers and repairers in Regent Street, Weston Super Mare and one in Taunton. He lied about his young age to serve in WW1 in Italy. He ended up as acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant in Machine Gun Corps.
Other pictures
References
TNA ref WO199/3390&1
1939 Register
Hancock data held at B.R.A
Donald Brown
Ancestry.co.uk