Name
Henry Sutton
1885
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/09/1914
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Serjeant
5769
King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star (with Clasp & Roses), British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Great Gaddesden War Memorial, Not on the Berkhamsted Memorial, We are not aware of any memorial in Water End
Pre War
Henry Sutton was born in 1885 in Berkhamsted, the son of George and Elizabeth Sutton, and baptised at Great Gaddesden, Herts on 25 December 1894 (age 9).
His father was previously married to Emily Weed who died in 1879 aged 35. and he married widow Elizabeth Dollimore (nee. Skidmore) in Berkhamstead in early 1882. She had a daughter named Annie.
On the 1891 Census the family were living at Cottage in Firs (Ashridge Estate), Berkhamsted, where his father was a Gamekeeper's assistant. By 1901 Henry was the only child at home as sadly his younger brother Nimrod had died aged 5 in 1894. They were living at Riverman's Cottage, Great Gaddesden and he was working as an agricultural labourer.
He enlisted into the Kings Royal Rifle Corps in 1904 which was then extended to 7 years with the colours on 27 September 1906. He was appointed Lance Corporal immediately following the extension and promoted to Corporal on 31 March 1908. He transferred to the army reserve at the end 1910.
He married Edith Swanwick in Nottinghamshire in May 1914 and they lived at 8 Annesley Road, Hucknall Torkard, Notts. They had a daughter Dorothy Sutton who was born on 30 October 1914 after her father died.
Wartime Service
Being in the army reserve he was recalled at the outbreak of war and enlisted in Berkhamsted, Herts, serving as a Sergeant with the 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps which landed at Le Havre, France on 13 August 1914.
He was presumed dead on or since 14 September 1914. after the Battle of the Marne. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
Additional Information
His widow received a war gratuity of £8 and pay owing of £8 2s 3d. She also received a pension of sixteen shillings a week for herself and her child.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, hemelatwar.org.
