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Private SIDNEY CLAYTON

Service Number: 14438005
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VA. L. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Florence Clayton, of Smethwick, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL, THE BEST OF HIS UNFINISHED LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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