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Arthur CLAYTON

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Surname: CLAYTON

Forename(s): Arthur

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: 307712

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 1/7th Battalion

Division: 49th (West Riding) Division

Age: 32

Date of Death: 1918-04-12

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 82 to 85.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Arthur Clayton was the son of Robert Smith and Jane Elizabeth Clayton, née Heaton. Both parents were born at Keighley, Yorkshire.

1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 30, Castle Street - Arthur Clayton, aged 5 years, born Skipton, son of Robt and Jane E. Clayton.

1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 61, Castle Street - Arthur Clayton, aged 15 years, born Skipton, son of Robert Smith and Jane Elizth. Clayton.

Arthur was married to Annie Hepworth in 1910.

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 8, Rectory Lane - Arther [sic] Clayton, aged 25 years, born Skipton [in] Craven, husband of Annie Clayton.

Arthur is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): Pte A. Clayton. [Arthur may have been transferred to the 1/7th Bn after recovering from a wound received 11 November 1915.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Arthur Clayton, 2968, 307712, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 14.4.15. K. in A. 12.4.18.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Arthur Clayton, 307712, 1/6 W. Rid. R.; 1/7 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 12.4.18.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Arthur Clayton, 307712, 1/7th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 12.4.18. Belgium. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Annie. £31 6s. 0d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Arthur. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Annie, born 1.5.91. Address 1. 33, Russell Street, Skipton, Yorkshire. Address 2. 3, Cowper Street, Skipton. Yorkshire. Address 3. 56, Bradshaw Street, Nelson.

See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

CLAYTON, Arthur, aged 32, West Riding Regiment, 44, Russell Street, Skipton, killed April 12, 1918.

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Private Arthur CLAYTON

Private Arthur CLAYTON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division

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Surname: CLAYTON

Forename(s): Arthur

Born:

Residence:

Enlisted: Skipton, Yorks

Number: 307712

Rank: Private

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion: 1/7th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 12/04/18

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

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Surname: CLAYTON

Forename(s): Arthur

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 307712

Rank: Private

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Unit: 1st/7th Bn.

Age:

Awards:

Died Date: 12/04/1918

Additional Information:

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War Diary of the 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

11 NOVEMBER 1915

FARMS [Ypres Salient]. Casualties: . . .9.30 A.M. No. 2768 [sic] Pte A. Clayton, shell wound in left shoulder. ‘A’ Coy.

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10 May 1918

Private Arthur Clayton, Skipton

The Roll of Honour of the Skipton Baptist Church has been added to by the death in action, on April 12th, of Private Arthur Clayton, of the West Riding Regiment, who was a member of the church. Formerly in the employ of Messrs. Marsden and Naylor, Skipton, as a fitter, he was 32 years of age and enlisted soon after the outbreak of war. His wife lives at 44 Russell Street, Skipton.

24 May 1918

DEATHS

CLAYTON – May 14th, at 44, Russell Street, Skipton, Stanley Clayton, aged 7 years.

24 May 1918

ROLL OF HONOUR

CLAYTON – In loving memory of Private Arthur Clayton, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action in France April 12th, aged 32 years.

“Thy will be done.”

Mrs. ARTHUR CLAYTON wishes to thank all friends for their kind expressions of sympathy and help in her recent double bereavement; also for floral tributes.
44, Russell Street, Skipton.

23 February 1923

ODDFELLOWS’ WAR MEMORIAL

UNVEILING CEREMONY AT A SKIPTON LODGE

OVER 200 WHO SERVED

There was a large attendance of local members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows at the Friendly Societies’ Hall, Skipton, on Saturday afternoon, on the occasion of the unveiling of a war memorial to the members of the Loyal Traveller’s Friend Lodge, I.O.O.F, M.U., who fell in the war.

The Memorial takes the form of a beautifully designed scroll within an oak frame with a glass front, the work of Mr. H. Spencer, junr., and it bears the inscription:–

LOYAL/TRAVELLER’S FRIEND LODGE,/SKIPTON DISTRICT ./I.O.O.F. ROLL OF HONOUR M.U./OF/THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS LODGE WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY TO UPHOLD THE SACRED CAUSES OF BROTHERHOOD AND HUMANITY IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914–1918.

Below the inscription are the names of 173 members who served in the war, and of the 40 members who were killed. The names of the fallen occupy a central position on the scroll, and above them are the following words:–

IN MEMORIAM
OF THOSE WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE.
THEIR HEARTS ARE LIFTED UP
THEIR HEARTS
THAT HAVE FOREKNOWN
THE UTTER PRICE,
THEIR HEARTS BURN
UPWARD AS A FLAME
OF SPLENDOUR AND OF
SACRIFICE

The names of the fallen are as follows:– H. Armstrong, J.J. Brown, J. Barrett, Robt. Brown, W.W. Bell, A. Clayton, W.H. Coles, T.C. Chew, Tom Downes, T.M. Drummond, Jos. Emmott, Thos. Edmondson, J. Easterby, F. Gallagher, J.W. Garwood, G.E. Godwin, S.J. Hargreaves, M. Hargreaves, A. Hebden, J. Hebden, A. Hawkswell, T.E. Inman, M. Lund, R.C. [R.G.] Metcalfe, Hbt. Maudsley, Hy. Maudsley, A.J. Pimnock [Pinnock], H.Y. [Harry] Riley, T.W. Storey, J.H. Stewart, R. Spencer, J.W. Shuttleworth, Wm. Tempest, Hbt. Thompson, Fred Thornton, J.W. Varley, John Ward, J.A. Whittaker, J.W. Whittaker, and R.D. Whittaker.

The Unveiling Ceremony

The unveiling ceremony was presided over by Bro. Thos. Bellamy, and was performed by Bro. Amos Culpan, Prov. C.S., and a simple service included the singing of the hymns, ‘O God our help’ and Kipling’s Recessional, ‘God of our fathers,’ and the reading of a portion of Scripture, and the offering of a prayer by Bro. James Greenwood, of Bradford, and formerly of Skipton.

Bro. Bellamy observed that those members of the Lodge whom they were met to honour went into battle, suffered untold privations, and, in many cases, made the supreme sacrifice. They gave their lives in defence of their homes and their country. Further than that, they gave their lives for justice and freedom, and in order that we might live. It was the duty of Oddfellows, equally as much as other sections of the community, to do everything within their power to make the country better for that sacrifice. “In the time of our prosperity,” concluded Bro. Bellamy, “never let us forget those who served us in the time of our adversity.”

A Lesson of the War

Prior to unveiling the memorial, Bro. Culpan described the ceremony he had been asked to perform as one not unattended by sorrow. It was an occasion upon which one felt a desire to make their Order better for the sacrifice of its members, and to extend the true spirit of brotherhood. In nearly 4,000 of their Lodges they would find a roll of honour. Over 22,000 of their members made the supreme sacrifice, and thousands of others were ruined and shattered in health and without prospects for the future. Each and all of them ought to perform some daily service that would make the sacrifice of those men worth while. One result of the terrible ordeal of 1914 to 1918 was the creation of a better feeling between men, and a desire to break down the class barriers that formerly existed. That was one of the great lessons of the war.

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10 May 1918

CLAYTON – Killed in action April 12th, Pte. Arthur Clayton, West Riding Regiment, husband of Mrs. Clayton, of 44, Russell Street, Skipton, aged 32.

10 May 1918

CRAVEN AND THE WAR

Pte. Arthur Clayton Killed

Mrs. Clayton, of 44, Russell Street, Skipton, has received word that her husband, Pte. Arthur Clayton, of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, was killed in action on April 12th. Pte. Clayton, who was 32 years of age, enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, and had previously been wounded. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and was formerly employed as a fitter by Messrs. Marsden and Naylor of Skipton.

17 May 1918

DEATHS

CLAYTON – May 14th, at 44, Russell Street, Skipton, Stanley Clayton, aged 7.

[Son of Pte. Arthur Clayton.]

17 May 1918

THANKS

Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Clayton and Family wish to thank all kind friends for sympathy shown to them in their recent sad bereavement in the loss of their dear son and brother, Pte. Arthur Clayton, who was killed in action on April 12th, 1918; also his dear son, Stanley, who died May 13th, 1918.

“Both at rest.”

87, Castle Street, Skipton.

24 May 1918

CLAYTON – In loving memory of Private Arthur Clayton, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action in France, April 12th, aged 32 years.

“Thy will be done.”

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