Sgt. Eric Wilfred Clayton RAF(VR) 1006016

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Name:

CLAYTON, ERIC WILFRED

Initials:

E W

Nationality:

United Kingdom

Rank:

Sergeant (Air Gnr.)

Regiment/Service:

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Unit Text:

12 Sqdn.

Age:

36

Date of Death:

28/08/1943

Service No:

1006016

Additional information:

Son of James Martin Clayton and Minnie Emily Clayton; husband of Bessie Nora Clayton, of Hull.

Casualty Type:

Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference:

Coll. grave 11. K. 10-14.

Cemetery:

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

Information above from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website

 

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The inscription at the foot of the stone reads.

Dearly Loved Husband

Of Bessie Nora

In Life Loved

In Death Lamented