Capt. · Attached to 1 The Buffs and 8 Bedfordshire Regiment, 16 Infantry Brigade (Nov. 1915)
Philip Thomas Byard ("Tubby") Clayton
† 16/12/1972 · aged 87 · Ashes in the undercroft of All Hallows-by-the-Tower (London)
Personal data
Name
Clayton
Initials
P.T.B.
Christian name
Philip Thomas Byard ("Tubby")
Date and place of birth
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia; 12.12.1885
Address
Little Hatchett, East Boldre, Brockenhurst, Hampshire
Profession
Member of the clergy
Family
Youngest son of Reginald Byard Buchanan and Isabel Byard (nee Sheppard) Clayton
Extra information
Information
Educated at Colet Court and St Paul's (London) and at Exeter College (Oxford - theology)
Information 2
Acted as a curate at St Mary's in Portsea when the war broke out.
Information 3
Founder of Toc H Movement (1919). Vicar of All Hallows-by-the-Tower (1922-1962)
Information 4
Subject of 3 biografies: Harcourt, M., Tubby Clayton. A Personal Saga (London, 1956); Lever, T., Clayton of Toc H (London, 1971); Parker, L., A Fool For Thy Feast (The Life and Times of Tubby Clayton 1885-1972 (Solihull, 2015)
Military data
Rank
Capt.
Regiment / Unit
Attached to 1 The Buffs and 8 Bedfordshire Regiment, 16 Infantry Brigade (Nov. 1915)
Date of death
Age
87
Cemetery / Memorial
Ashes in the undercroft of All Hallows-by-the-Tower (London)
Other information
Information
Chaplain at No. 16 General Hospital (Le Tréport, May-Nov. 1915). Sent to the Ypres Salient, by special request, to work under Neville Talbot, senior chaplain to 6 Division.
Information 2
In December 1915, Tubby was appointed to run a house as q "Church and social centre for officers and men of the 6 Division". It was opened on 11.12.1915 and was named Talbot House after Rev. Neville Talbot.
Information 3
"Life and soul" of Talbot House throughout the war.
