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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
85th Bn.
Birth:
February 13, 1891
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
May 15, 1916
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
October 30, 1917
Passchendaele, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 26 - 30
Additional information
Only son of William James and Emily Isabel Clayton, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Additional citations
Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Captain Edward Reginald Clayton
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Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Edward Reginald Clayton
KIA October 30, 1917, at Passchendaele. Award: M.C. (Military Cross) for his performance at Eleu dit Leauvette. Image cropped from a vintage outdoor group portrait of original officers of the 85th Battalion, CEF, circa October 1916-February 1917. -
Photo of Edward Reginald Clayton (2)
Lieut. E.R. Clayton M.C. 85th Battalion -
Group Photo
In memory of the officers of the 85th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders who gave their lives during World War 1. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
War Diary
War Diary In Appendix A of the 85th Battalion diary is described the battle in which Captain Clayton met his death as he led his men forward on October 30, 1917. -
Inscription
Menin Gate Memorial Panel -
Grave marker
Captain Edward Reginald Clayton grave identified by Norm Christie, in Sacred Places, Volume 1 Page 198 (2011 CEF Books). The late Richard Laughton, noting Mr Christie's work, submitted a report to CWGC, 4 October 2016, positively identifying this grave as that of Captain Edward Reginald Clayton. Photo: 16 August 2019, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) https;//cefrg.ca -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Reginald Clayton
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Reginald Clayton
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Reginald Clayton
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Reginald Clayton
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Reginald Clayton
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Reginald Clayton
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Reginald Clayton
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Reginald Clayton
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Reginald Clayton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 217 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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