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Military service
Service number:
V/27741
Age:
24
Rank:
Supply Assistant
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.C.S. Shawinigan
Death:
November 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 12.
Additional information
Son of Thomas James Clayton and Alice Jessie Clayton, of Wolverton, Ontario; husband of Olive May Clayton, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Supply Assistant Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
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Photo of Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton, RCNVR, Supply Assistant, lost November 24, 1944 on the Flower Class Corvette HMCS Shawinigan when it was torpedoed by U-1228. Other ships Alfred served were HMCS Malpeque (Bangor Class Minesweeper) and HMCS Chilliwack (Flower Class Corvette), as well as serving at HMCS Stadacona (Halifax Naval Base) and HMCS Avalon (St. John's Naval Base). This photograph would have been taken while he was home on leave (date taken unsure). -
Newspaper Clipping
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Monument
A shaft with statue (granite and bronze) at 32 Wilmot Street South, Drumbo, ON. Erected by the Village of Drumbo, this memorial was unveiled in 1920 and dedicated in loving memory of local fallen heroes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [front/devant] ARTHUR G. COWAN FERGUSON COOK A. JAMES GIBSON ROBERT A. GIVEN J. CHRYSLER KILGOUR FRANCIS A. LAW FREDERICK LODGE ROBERT M. McTAGUE WILLIAM R. WILSON IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN HEROES 1914 - 1918 [side/côté] IN LOVING MEORY OF ALFRED E. CLAYTON J. McBETH MURRAY BENTLEY ROBSON CHARLES H. WALLACE 1939 - 1945 "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN." Photo Credit: Allison Nelson; Derek Pullen http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=592 -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALFRED ERNEST JOSEPH CLAYTON
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Photo of ALFRED ERNEST JOSEPH CLAYTON
Alfred and Olive on wedding day. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALFRED ERNEST JOSEPH CLAYTON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALFRED ERNEST JOSEPH CLAYTON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALFRED ERNEST JOSEPH CLAYTON
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Supply Assistant Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
Digital gallery of
Supply Assistant Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
Digital gallery of
Supply Assistant Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
Digital gallery of
Supply Assistant Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
Digital gallery of
Supply Assistant Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
Digital gallery of
Supply Assistant Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
Digital gallery of
Supply Assistant Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
Digital gallery of
Supply Assistant Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
Digital gallery of
Supply Assistant Alfred Ernest Joseph Clayton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 274 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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