Private Harold Victor Clayton

Army Number: 60356

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Doncaster, Yorkshire and lived at Derby. Son of Charles Miller and Christina Clayton of 43, Haddon Street, Derby. He was a coach finishes boy in the wagon and carriage department of Midland Railway Derby prior to enlisting at Derby. He died as a prisoner of war, 24th March 1918, aged 20, after the German attack in the Favreuil and Vux Vraucourt area.

Buried: H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, France. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 9.

Private Harold Victor Clayton is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Midland Railway War Memorial, Derby.