Charles Carns-Wilson Fowler Clayton was killed in action whilst serving as a Private in the 1st Rhodesian Regiment, his death being reported by Army Post Office, Cape Town, on May 5th, 1915. He was 31 years of age.
He received his technical training at the Camborne School of Mines from 1899 to 1903, and after serving about eight months in the fitting shops of an engineering and shipbuilding works in Scotland, he went to South Africa. There he was engaged for a number of years in assaying, amalgamating and managing cyanide works at various mines, including the Theta Gold Mining Co., Ltd., where he had sole charge of the cyanide works for nine months; Colleen Bawn Mine, Wolfshall Syndicate, Texas Mine, Lennox Mine, Birthday and Natal Reefs, and the Ruby Mine.
In May, 1909, he came to England for a few months on holiday, returning to South Africa in September to take charge of the cyaniding and assaying at a mine in Rhodesia. In March, 1910, he was appointed mine manager of the Juanita Mines, Ltd., and in September of the same year, was appointed acting manager of the company, a position he filled for six months. He then served successively as assistant to Mr. W.E. Thomas and Mr. D.J. Inskipp. Mr. Clayton visited England again in the latter part of 1913, but returned to Bulawayo early in the following year.
He was elected an Associate of, the Institution in 1912.
Vol. 24. Trans I.M.M. 1914-15, pp. 503-4
