Ralph Lyall Clayton

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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. He was to be the only man ever to serve in that capacity, as he would die in her at the Battle of Jutland.[2]

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.[3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hugh T. England
Captain of H.M. T.B. 52
10 Nov, 1905[4][5] – 1 Nov, 1906[6]
Succeeded by
Guy C. C. Royle

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 15.
  2. Clayton Service Record, in our PDF for Richard Hugh Loraine Bevan. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/253. Unnumbered folio.
  3. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 202.
  4. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
  5. Clayton Service Record, in our PDF for Richard Hugh Loraine Bevan. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/253. Unnumbered folio.
  6. Clayton Service Record, in our PDF for Richard Hugh Loraine Bevan. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/253. Unnumbered folio.

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