Joseph CLAYTON (2)

Main CPGW Record

Surname: CLAYTON

Forename(s): Joseph

Place of Birth: Billington, Lancashire

Service No: 17397

Rank: Private

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

Battalion / Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

Division: ---

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1917-03-21

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: W. U. 378.

CWGC Cemetery: NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW’S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Joseph Clayton was the son of William and Jane Clayton, née Taylor. William was born at Great Harwood and Jane at Billington, Lancashire.

1881 Billington, Lancashire Census: Old Road Side - Joseph Clayton, aged 5 years, born Billington, son of William and Jane Clayton. [Joseph and his parents were living with his mother's father, Richard Taylor, a widower.]

1891 Billington, Lancashire Census: 5, Railway View - Joseph Clayton, aged 16 years, born Billington, son of William and Jane Clayton.

1901 Billington, Lancashire Census: 5, Railway View - Joseph Clayton, aged 25 years, born Billington, son of William and Jane Clayton.

Joseph, a weaver, was living at Barnoldswick, Yorkshire when he joined the Army in August 1915. He served in France with the 10th (Service) Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). He was wounded 5 July 1916, near Contalmaison, during the Battles of the Somme, 1916, 1 July-18 November, at the Battle of Albert, 1916, 1-13 July. When Joseph died of valvular disease of the heart at Nuns Lane School Hospital, Gateshead, Co Durham, he was attached to ‘G’ Coy 83rd Training Reserve Battalion.

The British Army Service Record for Joseph Clayton exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Joseph Clayton, 17397, W. Rid. R. Died 21.3.17.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Joseph Clayton, 17397, 10 W. Rid. R. Died 21.3.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Joseph Clayton, 17397, 3rd Bn W. Riding att 83rd T. R. Bn. Date and Place of Death: 21.3.17. Gateshead on Tyne. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William. £9 3s. 4d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Joseph. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mr William Clayton. Relationship: Father. Address: Bellington [sic], Nr Whalley, Lancs.

Joseph is commemorated on the Billington War Memorial.

A short biography of Joseph is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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