Private Horace Joseph Clayson

Army Number: 242209

Battalion: 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Harrold, Bedfordshire. Son of John and Mary Clayson, of High Street, Harrold. He was a farm boy prior to enlisting at Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk. He was killed in action, 31st March 1917, aged 19, whilst the Battalion was in position at the Quarry, at Vraignes, France.

Buried: Hancourt British Cemetery, France. Row E. Grave 4.

Private Horace Joseph Clayson is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Harrold War Memorial, Harrold, Bedfordshire.