South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 2455 Sydney SUTTON - 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Died of wounds on Saturday 24th June 1916 aged 23

Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Beauval Communal Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
6 Mar 1915 in France ~ Long Lawford
    Newbold on Avon 
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted  
Local Actions on the Somme 1913/14 in Rugby (see below) Other War Memorials
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Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
4th CCS at Beauval ~  
     

Original Enlisted

Sydney enlisted at some stage between 7th January 1913 and 31st March 1914 when service #'s 2253 and 2520 were issued

Circumstances of Death

Sydney is listed as dying of his wounds on 24 Jun 1916 and was buried at Beauval Communal Cemetery which at that time was being used by the 4th Casualty Clearing Station to bury those who had died there. We are not certain when Sydney was wounded and the 1st Battalion Statement of Casualties for the period 19th to the 24th is transcribed below. The Battalion had moved into the front lines on the 18th and the war Battalion war diary entries for the 18th to 24th June 1916 are also transcribed below.
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1893 at Frankton 2 April 1893 at Frankton
   
Parents Names Abode
Amos and Maria Sutton The Green, Long Lawford 
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History
1893 - Frankton 1901 - Scholar
1901 - Chapel Street, Long Lawford 1911 - Labourer at Cement Works
1911 - The Green, Long Lawford   
1914 - The Green, Long Lawford   
 

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