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'''Ralph Lyall Clayton''' ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LCommRN}} '''Ralph Lyall Clayton''' (28 March, 1885 – 31 May, 1916) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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==Great War==
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Clayton was Lieutenant-Commander (T) in ''Queen Mary'' from the outset of the war through her loss at the [[Battle of Jutland]], where he was lost with her.{{KindellROH2|p. 202}}
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Revision as of 19:54, 30 June 2015

Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Lyall Clayton (28 March, 1885 – 31 May, 1916) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Clayton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 July, 1905.[1]

On 1 February, 1913, CLayton was appointed to Queen Mary as her torpedo officer.

Clayton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 July, 1913.

Great War

Clayton was Lieutenant-Commander (T) in Queen Mary from the outset of the war through her loss at the Battle of Jutland, where he was lost with her.[2]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John S. G. Fraser
Captain of H.M. T.B. 52
10 Nov, 1905[3]
Succeeded by
Guy C. C. Royle

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 15.
  2. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 202.
  3. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.

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