Private George William Clayton

Private George William Clayton

Army Number : 2192

Battalion : 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British War and Victory Medal

Born at Mansfield and lived at 124 Brownlow Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of George William and Jane Clayton, of 6 Parkers Yard, Stockwell Gate, Mansfield. Husband of Louisa Smith (formerly Clayton). He was a market porter prior to enlisting 2nd September 1907 at Chilwell Camp, Nottingham. He was killed in action, 14th April 1916, by German shellfire, whilst in the line ‘rotten row’ trench near Bouvigny, France.

Private George William Clayton article
Mansfield Reporter and Sutton Times 8th October 1915

Buried : Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 12.

Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Private George William Clayton is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Mansfield District Council Offices Roll of Honour, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.