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Name : Edward Charles Morris Layton Son of Charles and Elizabeth Layton, late of Wroxall, Isle of Wight, England. Born 1868 Putney (registered 1868 Mar qtr, Wandsworth) |
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Census information : 1871 : Charles and Elizabeth Layton, with their children including Edward aged 3, are at Spencer Road, Putney. Charles Layton is a Wholesale Warehouseman (Drapery). 1881 : Charles and Elizabeth Layton, with their children including Edward aged 13, are at Devon Villa, Upper Richmond Road, Wandsworth. Charles Layton is a Director of a Public Company. 1891 : Charles and Elizabeth Layton, with their children including Edward aged 23, are at 14, Amerland Road, Lambeth. Charles Layton is Secretary of a Public Company. Edward Layton is an Insurance Clerk. 1901 : Charles and Edward Layton are at 3 Park View, Ventnor. Edward Layton not located - presumed to be in South Africa 1911 : Charles and Edward Layton are at Four Winds, Clarence Road, Wroxall. Edward Layton not located - presumed to be in South Africa |
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Service Details : Captain Edward Charles Morris Layton 11th Regiment, South African Infantry |
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Casualty Details : Died : 3 September 1916 aged 47 Buried at : Dar-es-Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania (formerly German East Africa) CWGC Record |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Wroxall War Memorial Wroxall St John's Church, Layton Memorial Newport South Africa War Memorial |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, September 28, 1917 Wroxall DEDICATED A MEMORIAL. - The Bishop of Southampton met the parishioners at the Vicarage on Thursday, when several church matters were discussed. Afterwards the Bishop dedicated an engraved brass tablet which had been placed in the Church to the memory of Capt. Edward Charles Layton, 11th South African Infantry, aged 49, who fell on September 3rd, 1916. He is the son of Mrs. Layton, of Wroxall. The special Diocesan Litany was sung. |
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Further information :
E C M Layton is listed on the 4th Battalion, 41st (Hampshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry (page 8) : http://www.angloboerwar.com/imperial-yeomanry/2312-41st-company-4th-battalion E C M Layton is also listed on Nominal Roll for Imperial Yeomanry : http://www.britishmedals.us/files/iyl.htm Hampshire Yeomanry (later part of Imperial Yeomanry) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire_Yeomanry |
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Acknowledgements :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research. |
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Page last updated : 27 October 2011 |
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