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Isabel Byard Clayton (nee Sheppard)

† 25/08/1919 · aged 71

Personal data

NameClayton (nee Sheppard)
InitialsI.B.
Christian nameIsabel Byard
Date and place of birth?; 29.02.1848
FamilyMarried to Reginald Byard Buchanan Clayton (25.06.1872)

Extra information

Information
Mother of Isabel (known as "Belle", 1877), Reginald (known as "Jack", 1875), Hugh (1877), Mary (known as "May") and Philip (known as "Tubby", 1885), all born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Information 2
The family returned to England in 1886, after a distastrous fire at their ranch, floods and a bank collapse.
Information 3
In 1905 the Claytons settled at Little Hatchett, a house built on the lines of an Australian bungalow), in East Boldre, Beaulieu, The New Forest.

Military data

Date of death
Age71

Other information

Information
Tubby wrote scores of letters from Talbot House to his mother. They are an excellent source for his thought and actions. A number were published by B. Baron, 'Letters from Flanders', 1932 and by J. Louagie, 'A Touch from Paradise in Hell', 2015
Information 2
She did a lot of hard work in rallying moral and material support for the House among her friends and supporters.

Sources

Source
Louagie, J., A Touch of Paradise in Hell: index