Pte Herbert CLAYTON Green Howards WW1 - looking for attestation papers.

[AndyC65]

Hello all,

Greetings of the season!

Am looking for the attestation & general records of 58043 Pte Herbert CLAYTON of the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment). This is shown on his CWGC page as 6th Battn Yorkshire Regiment.

He is originally from Carlton juxta Snaith (near Selby), and was killed on April 3rd 1919 while fighting the Russians in Arcangel.

I have his MiC, but cannot find anything else regarding his records on ancestry.com.  I have tried searching all variants of his name, including wild cads, but no success.

Would appreciate if someone else could take a look before I bow to the inevitability of his record not being available.

Many thanks in anticipation.

Andy C

[CaroleW]

Hi

Over 60% of WW1 service records were burnt in the blitz of WW2

[AndyC65]

Hello Carole,

Many thanks for the post.

Sadly, I'm aware of the lack of records, maybe I didn't make myself clear enough, I'm just looking for another pair of eyes to take a look before I bow to the inevitable 

For example, if I searched for Herbert & Clayton, I could find nothing, however, if I type Her* & Clayton, then I get a hit on a few Herbert Clayton's ( that don't come up when you search for Herbert & Clayton bizarrely enough!!)

Isn't it fun! (Such fun!)

Thanks,

Andy C