Identity
Person No.
25412
Service No.
3312
Last Name
First Name
Horace Clayton
Initials
H C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 14
Notes
Son of Harry and Ruth N. Towers, of "Claytonville," 152, De Villiers St., Kenilworth, Johannesburg.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 14". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Horace Clayton TOWERS, 4th SAI - Missing in action on the 21st July (Thiepval Memorial)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Horace Clayton TOWERS, 4th SAI - Missing in action on the 21st July (Thiepval Memorial)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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