Name
Frederick Oliver Layton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/04/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
23304
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 5.
France
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 21 Jul 1894 in Noel Villas, Reed, Herts. younger son of William Henry and Hannah (Hale) Layton later of The Cottages, Bury Farm, Newsells, Herts. and baptised on 16 Sep 1894 in Reed. He lived in Reed in 1901 and 1911 as a farm labourer.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 15 Nov 1915 and entered France on 1 Jul 1916. He was reported missing after fighting at La Gavrelle.
Additional Information
Brother of Cecil William John LAYTON who died on 9 Oct 1916 and is listed on this same memorial.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts, Malcom Lennox
