BORN HULL 1895. SCULCOATES. ENLISTED HULL. STEPSON OF GEORGE & ELLEN TAYLOR AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS AND 5 SUBWAY STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WORKED AS A BOILER CLEANER. HE ENLISTED IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WITH HIS FRIEND CHARLES GOODEVE, BOTH WERE DRUMMERS AND WERE KILLED TOGETHER, AT GALLIPOLI, ON THE SAME DAY. THEY ARE PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 4TH OCTOBER 1915, (JOHN WEST IS SEATED)*
HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS KILLED, ON THE GILLETT STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916).
First name:
JOHN CLAYTON
Military Number:
10384
Rank:
Drummer
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
20
6 QUEENS TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
