BORN HULL 1885. KNOWN AS WILLIAM CLAYTON. SON OF JOSEPH CLAYTON (1853-1925) & BETSY JANE WINN (1854-1916), OF 169 ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ELDEST OF 5 CHILDREN. HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1911. HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE LILIAN JACKSON, OF 20 NELSON STREET, BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. SHE WAS THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER OF THE STORIN FAMILY, AT 19 SALBURN STREET, HULL, AND WORKED AT RECKITTS, CANNISTER WORKS. HE WAS A POST OFFICE WORKER.
HE ENLISTED AT LONDON TO JOIN THE 2/8TH LONDON REGIMENT (POST OFFICE RIFLES). SERVED AS CORPORAL, 371357, AND WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. HE WAS KILLED AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 30/10/1917, AGED 32. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM, TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, GERTRUDE AND CHILDREN.
ONE OF 12 NAMES LISTED ON THE NORMAN PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, UNVEILED, ON 6TH JUNE 1920.
| Name | Robert William Clayton |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull |
| Residence | Hull |
| Death Date | 30 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | Tyne Cot Memorial, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | London |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Regiment | London Regiment |
| Battalion | 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) |
| Regimental Number | 371357 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Military Medal |
