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Bombardier SAMUEL CLAYTON

Service Number: 56848
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"D" Bty. 103rd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PEAKE WOOD CEMETERY, FRICOURT

C. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Clayton, of 19, Upholland Rd., Billinge, Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription HIS MEMORY IS AS FRESH TODAY AS IN THE HOUR HE PASSED AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

PEAKE WOOD CEMETERY, FRICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 103
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