Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford 1899 and the college archives add: 'Gerald Clayton matriculated in 1899 and achieved first class honours in Mathematics in 1902, and second class honours in Jurisprudence in 1904, after which he was called to the Bar. On the outbreak of the war he obtained a commission as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marines and went through the bombardment of and retreat from Antwerp (September-October 1914). Second Lieutenant Gerald Clayton died on 2 September 1915 from the effects of meningitis contracted while on duty.'