Helen Clifton


Helen Clifton was a British Salvation Army Commissioner in [The Salvation Army|Commissioner]. She spent her childhood in London, connected to the Edmonton Corps of The [Salvation Army]. She was the daughter of Bandmaster Don and Mrs Betty Ashman. She was a teacher before entering the International Training College at Denmark Hill, London, to become a full-time Officer of The Salvation Army. She married the 18th General of The Salvation Army, Shaw Clifton, in 1967. He died in May 2023.
She held a Bachelor of Arts degree in English language and literature from Westfield College, University of London and a Post-Graduate Certificate of Education from Goldsmiths’ College, University of London.