Name
Cecil William J Layton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/10/1916
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
31688
Northumberland Fusiliers
11th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Barkway Village Memorial,
St Mary Magdalene Church Memorial, Barkway,
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Reed,
Newsells Memorial Stone
Pre War
Born on 29 Aug 1892 in Noel Villas, Reed, Herts. older son of William Henry and Hannah (Hale) Layton later of the Cottages, Bury Farm, Newsells, Herts. and baptised on 16 Oct 1892 in Reed. Was living there in 1901 and 1911 as a farm labourer.
Wartime Service
Formerly 26841 Bedfordshire Regiment.
Additional Information
Brother of Oliver Frederick LAYTON who died on 23 Apr 1917 and is listed on this same memorial.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts, Malcolm Lennox
