BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF THE LATE CHARLES CLAYTON & SELINA TAYLOR (FORMERLY CLAYTON) OF ‘CAXTONIA’ HOUSE, 3 ELM TERRACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL(CWGC ADDRESS). A HYDRAULIC CRANE DRIVER. HE ENLSITED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11802, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN BOTH ARMS, HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/03/1916, AT POPERINGE, AGE 21. HE IS BURIED AT LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY”
First name:
CHARLES
Regiment:
Military Number:
11802
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/03/1916
Place died:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Age:
21
3 ELM TERRACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
