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Private WILLIAM LOCKWOOD CLAYTON

Service Number: 37190
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

XXIII. C. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Betsy Jane Clayton; husband of Betsy Clayton, of 69, Oozehead Lane, Blackburn. Born at Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription AND JESUS SAID "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE"
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Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 7661
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