Oct 6, 1872

Born in Leicester, England to Edmond and Sarah (nee Bouck) Iliffe

Oct 31, 1889

Attested into the 3^rd Battalion, Leicestershire, Regiment in Leicester, England 

Ø      Number 3541

Ø      Stated to be single

Ø      Previous occupation given as Shoe Riveter

Ø      No previous military experience given

Ø      Religion given as Church of England

Dec 23, 1889

He purchased his discharge from the service

Nov 24, 1890

Attested into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Leicester, England 

Ø      Number 2976

Ø      Next of kin given as Edward Iliffe, father, 37 Oxford St., Leicester, England

Ø      Previous occupation given as Shoe Riveter

Ø      Previous military experience given as the 3^rd Battalion, Leicestershire, Regiment

Ø      Religion given as Church of England

Ø      Posted to the Depot at Aldershot for training

Jan 17, 1891

Posted to the 2^nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Aldershot

Apr 17, 1891

Appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal

Apr 24, 1892

Promoted to the rank of Corporal

May 9, 1892

Passed the qualification for rank of Corporal

Jun 1, 1892

Granted 2^nd Class Education Certificate

Dec 1, 1892

Passed the qualification for rank of Sergeant

Oct 7, 1893

Qualified for the Chatham Field Works Certificate

Nov 27, 1893

Placed under arrest.  The charge is not specified in the file

Dec 7, 1893

Tried by a Regimental Courts Martial and sentenced to a reduction in rank to Private and forfeiture of Good Conduct Pay

Feb 2, 1894

Posted to the Depot at Aldershot

Jun 7, 1894

The Good Conduct Pay was restored

Jun 22, 1895

Appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal

Jun 22, 1896

Reduced in rank to Private

Jul 15, 1896

Posted to the Provisional Battalion

Nov 24, 1896

Granted 2^nd Good Conduct Pay

Nov 24, 1897

Transferred to 1^st Class Army Reserve on expiration of period of Army Service

Mar 29, 1898

Married to Emma Stones in Leicester, England

Oct 9, 1899

Recalled to Active Army Service

Oct 23, 1899

Began his service in South Africa

Feb 19, 1900

During heavy fighting at Monte Christo, South Africa, Private Iliffe was wounded.  The details of his wounds are not recorded in the file. 

The details of the fighting can be read in the book Churchill: London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, by Winston S. Churchill, chapter 22. 

This can be read online at this link

Nov 3, 1902

Returned from South Africa and posted to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot in Aldershot

Dec 6, 1902

Discharged from the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on termination of his 1^st Period of Engagement

May 2, 1907

Embarked the SS Kensington in Liverpool with his wife Emma and daughter, Lizzie

May 13, 1907

Disembarked in Montreal, Quebec

Aug 6, 1915

Attested into the 59^th Battalion in Kingston, Ontario 

Ø      Number 455271 (originally shown as A55271)

Ø      Next of kin given as Mrs. Emma Iliffe, wife, Campbellford, Ontario

Ø      Previous occupation given as Shoemaker

Ø      Previous military experience given as 11 years in the Imperial Army, with 3 years in South Africa serving with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Ø      Religion given as Church of England 

The Battalion trained in the Kingston area

Apr 1, 1916

Embarked the SS Olympic in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Apr 11, 1916

Disembarked in Liverpool, England and the battalion proceeded to Shorncliffe for additional training.

Not long after his arrival in England, the battalion was absorbed into the 39^th Reserve Battalion to continue training.

Jul 17, 1916

Transferred to the 21^st Battalion

Jul 18, 1916

Arrived at the CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in the Rouelles Camp, Havre, France as part of a draft of 44 reinforcements from England and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21^st Battalion. 

Prior to joining the 21^st Battalion he was attached to the 2^nd Entrenching Battalion in the Halifax Camp, near Reninghelst, Belgium.  While there he was appointed to the rank of Acting Sergeant

Aug 6, 1917

Awarded the Good Conduct Badge

Sep 1, 1917

Joined the 21^st Battalion in billets in Villers au Bois and reverted to the rank of Private

Oct 17, 1917

Appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal to replace Lance Corporal G.D. Gill, 210371, who had been promoted

Nov 1, 1917

Granted 10 days leave

Dec 19, 1917

Promoted to the rank of Corporal to replace Corporal K.C. Hopkinson 59479, who had been promoted

Aug 9, 1918

Invalided sick to England aboard the Hospital Ship Carisbrook Castle

Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) while in hospital 

This was followed by him returning to Canada and being discharged.

Following the war the British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him.

Shown with his wife Emma and daughter Lizzie

Sep 11, 1925

Died of Cellulitis while a patient in the Nicholls Hospital, Peterborough, Ontario, and buried in the Christ Church Cemetery, Campbellford, Ontario