Richard Clifford Pearce was born on Monday 5 November 1923 in Bridgend.

Clifford married Juanita Mary (Nita) Greenhough on Saturday 23 July 1955 in St James Church, Wednesbury, Staffordshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Juanita Mary (Nita) Greenhough:

- Ann Catherine Pearce	born in 1958 (date suppressed) at Bilston, Staffordshire.
- David Mark Pearce	born in 1960 (date suppressed) at Bilston, Staffordshire.
- Helen Elizabeth Pearce	born in 1962 (date suppressed) at Manchester, Lancashire.

Clifford was a Schoolmaster.

Clifford died in 2014 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.