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David George Clayton

Ancestry site Military records
Private David George Clayton, born in Redditch, resided in Studley, enlisted in Birmingham,
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Service No 242230, 26 Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, died of wounds 8
September 1917, Belgium. Buried Dozinghem military cememtery, Belgium.

Private David George Clayton – source:-www.findagrave.com

Remembered on Studley war memorial.

(On the 1911 census a David Clayton, aged 13, Fish hook Bower, lived with his parents Edward and Eliza
Clayton and siblings at Mill Yard, Studley.

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Evening Despatch – Saturday 22 September 1917

British Library image www.britishnewspaperarchives.co.uk

Casualties – Private D. G. Clayton (Royal Warwicks) died from wounds, joined when he was
16½ years of age, and was 19 when he died. Three other brothers are in the Army, two in
France.

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