Name	Walter Charles CLAYE
Rank/Number	Able Seaman  / J16433
Regiment/Unit	Royal Navy /
Enlisted
Age/Date of death	26 / 21 Feb 1919
How died/Theatre of war	Died of pneumonia / Died in Rouen Hospital
Residence at death	13 Canal Road, Bow
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Location of memorial	Hedgerley Court Farm Home
Date/Place of birth	11 Nov 1894 / 61 Nelson St, Stepney, London
Date/Place of baptism	13 Feb 1895 Lambeth
Occupation of Casualty
Parents/Occupation	late Walter William & Daisy Julia Clay nee Pretty / carman
Parents' Address	1901: 41 Commercial Rd, Mile End Town
Wife	Mary Catherine Clay nee Kent
Wife's Address
Notes	original case records from Childrens Society Record and Archives Centre. Royal Naval Service records on Find My Past. Deserted from RN in Mar 1914. Surname also spelled Clay. Mother was a tearoom assistant. Last ship Paul Paix