Basic Details
Surname
Claxton
Forenames
William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married, with 3 children and worked in an ironworks before the war in which, as a Territorial, he was called up in August 1914. He was frequently ill whilst serving, being in hospital in both Manchester and Rochdale, and was also posted missing in the Dardanelles but returned. He finally died of gunshot and shrapnel wounds and is also commemorated on IWM 2224.

Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Wimille
Cemetery
Terlincthun British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
8
Age at death
33
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds