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219478 Pte. John Claydon British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment from:Haverhill, Suffolk (d.9th May 1915) John Claydon was my great uncle. He enlisted in Reading, Berkshire (a long way from home) probably in 1914 aged 19. His Medal Rolls Index shows he arrived in France on 18th of March 1915, serving with the 2nd Battalion Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment. Two months later he was dead, killed in action on 9th May 1915. In his book "Letters from the Front", Roy Brazier stated that "Mr & Mrs Claydon of Vine Cottages had also been notified that their son Pte. J Claydon of the Berkshire Regiment, was discovered dead in a British trench just north of Fromelles, by a German patrol. He was officially declared as dying while a POW". Contrary to the above his Medal Roll and the CWGC show him as Killed in Action, and he has no grave but is commemorated at the Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**