Memorial

Private B H Claxton, Private W Claxton and Sergeant J Claxton

Grave marker

Source: Copyright David Ayling

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Current Location

Plot LE. Grave reference 123315, West Ham Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Forest Gate, Newham, Greater London, E7 9DG, England

TQ 39827 85597

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 79050
Description: Addition to family headstone
Inscription: In Loving Memory of PTE BENJAMIN CLAXTON./ 13TH RIFLE BRIGADE,/ WOUNDED IN FRANCE, AUG. 21ST/ DIED IN BANGOUR MILITARY HOSPITAL SEPT 10TH 1918/ AGED 19/ PTE. SAMUEL HENRY CLAXTON./2ND H.A.C./KILLED AT BEAUMONT HAMEL. NOV. 30TH 1916./AGED 26./INTERRED AT BEAUCOURT./PTE. WILLIAM CLAXTON./10TH MIDDX./REPORTED MISSING THEN KILLED, IN PALESTINE./MARCH 12TH 1918/AGED 24./SGT. JAMES CLAXTON./4TH COLDSTREAM GUARDS./FEB. 27TH 1919. AGED 27./INTERRED AT BONN, COLOGNE./SONS OF W.H.& R.E. CLAXTON./"God is Love"./...

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 4
Died: 4
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, manner of death, date of death, age of death, where buried

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: At Risk