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Rifleman MATTHEW CLAYTON

Service Number: R/9766
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1915

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. A. 17.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew and Caroline Clayton; husband of Elizabeth Clayton, of 91, Whittington Hill, Old Whittington, Chesterfield. Native of Chesterfield.
  • Personal Inscription HE IS ENSHRINED IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE THAT LOVED HIM GRANT HIM O LORD ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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