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Lance Corporal LAUNCELOT PURDAY CLAYTON

Service Number: 20095
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HILL 10 CEMETERY

V. C. 10.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Jane Shelton (formerly Clayton), of 59, Hyde Rd., West Gorton, Manchester, and the late Thomas Clayton. Native of Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF ENGLAND'S SILENT HEROES WHO GAVE UP ALL FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

HILL 10 CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 699
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