Graham Stephen Clayton
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: Ruth Clayton
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: Cifinydd, Rhonda, Glamorgan, Wales. Lived: 5 Llorryderwar, Cardiff
Date of birth: 24/03/1914
Date of death: 12/10/1942
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 28
Further information:
Graham was born in Pontypridd. He married Georgina Mary Boshier in 1935 and together they had a daughter Beatrice who was 6 years old when Graham died.
On the day of his death, Graham was serving aboard the British steam merchant ship, ‘Stornest’, which had been part of convoy ONS-136 until it became separated during heavy weather. The ship was on route from Belfast to Boston, carrying a cargo of 6000 tons of coal. At 04.05 hours on 12 October 1942, at a point west of Ireland, U-boat U-706 fired a torpedo at the now unescorted vessel, which struck under the aft mast. The master, 38 crew members and ten gunners, including Graham were all lost. There were no survivors.
Died: 12th October 1942 (not 13th)
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2263.html