Son of Reverend William Henry and Rose Eliza Claxton, of 46, Hampton Road, Forest Gate, London. Father was former pastor of the New Jerusalem Church, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Husband of Clara Claxton, of Rosslyn House, Colby, Isle of Man. Died in hospital in Bonn, Germany after six days’ illness.
Claxton, James –
Personal details
- Surname: Claxton
- Forename: James
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Not known
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 27
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: February 27th, 1919
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Sergeant
- Unit: 2nd Battalion.
- Service number: 12898
- Regiment: Coldstream Guards
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton Municipal Secondary School
- Farnworth "Fallen In The Fight" Book
- New Jerusalem Church WWI Memorial - Kearsley
- CWGC Memorial: Cologne Southern Cemetery, K?ln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany
- CWGC reference: XII. B. 26.
Local newspaper entries
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 25/10/1918 11/04/1919