Clayton, Edmund –

Son of Jane Elizabeth Clayton, of 179, Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, Lancashire, and the late Thomas Clayton, formerly of 171, Blackburn Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Contracted influenza and pneumonia in the Dardanelles and never fully recovered.

Personal details

  • Surname: Clayton
  • Forename: Edmund
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 23
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: May 23rd, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Unit: 1st/3rd East Lancashire Brigade.
  • Service number: 623
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: May 26th, 1910 - 1910-05-26
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK
  • CWGC reference: 3. 01. (N.C.). 92.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 05/11/1915 01/06/1917 07/12/1917 24/05/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5f 6c* S8* 6g

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