Name
William Claydon
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/09/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
4532
Cambridgeshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
II. C. 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
William enlisted in Cambridge
Wartime Service
He was allocated the Regimental Number 4532. He died of
wounds in France.
The Regiment went to the front line from Mailly-Maillet Wood
on the Somme from the 12th September to the 3rd October 1916. They were
relieved by the Hertfordshire Regiment.
He is buried in Plot 2 Row C Grave 7 in the Mesnil Communal
Cemetery Extension in France.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines, Jonty Wild
