South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Sergeant 557 William Richard HUTTON - C Company, 23rd Battalion, Australian Infantry


Killed in Action on Thursday, August 24th 1916 aged 25

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Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Sunken Road Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Arrived in France SWFHS Area Memorials
30 Aug 1915 at Gallipoli 26 Mar 1916 at Marsailles Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial
    Warwick School
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted  
Battle of the Somme 16 Feb 1915 at Broadmeadows, Victoria   
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units Other War Memorials
Pozieres  ~ Woodend, Australia
     

Circumstances of Death

The pages of the online War diary are very blurred and difficult to read but we can see that on 24 Aug 1916, when William is listed as being killed, the 23rd Bn were in the line at Pozieres and came under numerous artillery barrages during the day and we assume that he was killed during one of these barrages. Click here for a link to the diary.


 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Oct Qtr 1889 at Chesterton 24 Nov 1889 at Chesterton
   
Parents Names Abode
Robert (died 1905) and Harriet Hutton 17 Jury Street, Warwick
   
Schools Colleges
Warwick (King's) School for Boys  ~
   
Address History Employment History
1889 - Lodge Farm, Chesterton 1901 - Scholar
1891 - Village Road, Charlecote 1911 - Not found
1901 - 17 Jury Street, Warwick 1915 - Farm Labourer
1911 - Not found  
1915 - Woodend, Victoria, Australia