Clayton Horace Private 22730

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Surname: Clayton;

Forename(s): Horace;

Initials: H;

Number: 22730;

Rank: Private;

Born in: All Saints, Leeds;

Enlisted in: Leeds;

Previous Number: 211;

Previous Battalion: 15 of;

Previous Regiment: W Yorks Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: Unknown;

Date abroad: 22-Dec-1915;

Theatre of War: 3;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 01-Jul-1916;

Other Data: 1914-15 Star roll
silver plated cup offered for auction Nicholas Mellors, Auctioneers, Nov '16
Pateley Bridge Tribute, First Day Battle of the Somme Casualty, World War One, Pateley Bridge Tribute silver plated trophy cup and wooden plinth, to First Day of the Somme Casualty, from the inhabitants of Pateley Bridge, in recognition of the services rendered during the Great War, 1914-1918, Horace Clayton, West Yorks, plated by Walker & Hall, 130mm tall, 211 Horace Clayton of the 15th Batallion West Yorks, and later 22730 Machine Gun Corps, was killed with the Machine Gun Corps on the 1st July 1916, he was 25 and the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clayton, of Wath, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate
Photo: GS Archives;

Other Notes: CLAYTON, Private, H, 22730. Machine Gun Corps (Inf) formerly 15th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own). Killed in action 1st July 1916. Age 25. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clayton, of Wath, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate. A. 14. Serre Road Cemetery No. 3 - Pas de Calais, France.;

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