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Service etc.

Royal Naval Reserve

Vessel,Command

H.M. Yacht "Zaida."

Surname

CLAXTON

Christian Name(s)

CHARLES

Initials

C

Born

 

Enlisted

 

Residence

 

Age:

40

Date of Death:

17/08/1916

Died How

 

Theatre of War

 

Rank

Leading Seaman

Service Number

2090D

Casualty Type:

Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference:

23.

Cemetery:

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL        

Supplementary Notes

HMY Zaida.  350grt built 1900.
Hired by the RN as a Patrol vessel 26/5/16.
Sunk 17/8/16 by gunfire from German submarine U35 in the Eastern Mediterranean

Notes

Husband of Annie Claxton, of 19, Quay Lane, Larne, Co. Antrim.

Notes

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Updated on  28 November, 2004

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