BORN HUDDERSFIELD 17/02/1892. C/O MRS SMITH ABOVE. SON OF ALBERT EDWARD CLAYTON (1861-1933) & ELIZABETH CHAPMAN (1864-1949). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE LIVED IN MORDEN AND ENLISTED AT WHITEHALL, LONDON. HE WAS REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE HAD SERVED IN INDIA FOR THREE YEARS. HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED THREE TIMES BEFORE HE WAS KILLED BY A SHELL BURST, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 24. (HDM 10/10/1916.) HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE SOMME, ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 10TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*
First name:
KENNETH ANDERSON
Regiment:
Military Number:
9464
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
24
