CLAPTON Thomas

  • First Name(s):
    Thomas 
  • Surname:
    CLAPTON
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Naval Reserve
  • Ship:
    HMS President
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    14th January 1919
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    St. John (Fernhill) Cemetery, Saint John County, Canada, Grave Marine. G. 24.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Mildred Clapton, of Village House, Brasted, Kent, England

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CLAPTON Thomas Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Guildhall
Worcester Royal Grammar School

Further Information About CLAPTON Thomas

HMS President was a shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve based near Tower Bridge, London on the northern bank of the River Thames.  Personnel based at the establishment would have been sent to sea on other ships.

Thomas Clapton attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1891 to 1896.  Prior to the war he served in the Merchant Navy and in 1911 he was Chief Officer in the British India S.S. Co. mail steamer operating between Calcutta and Rangoon.  He died in Canada from Spanish Influenza.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World By Mark Rogers, 1999.

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