The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R Sutton

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Private Richard SUTTON, G/5471, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  died of wounds as a Prisoner of War, Germany, 17th October 1915, age 41.

Born St Helens, Lancashire.

15th April 1899, St Oswalds Church, Knuzden, Lancashire, Richard Sutton, age 24, bachelor, engine ?????, 351 Blackburn Road, father William George Sutton, deceased, joiner, married Sarah Ellen Richards, age 23, spinster, weaver, 108 Accrington Road, Blackburn, father James Richards, ore? worker?

Children - James Thomas Sutton. born 25th April 1900, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Richard Sutton; born 31st March 1902, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Doris Sutton; born 25th September 1903, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Nellie Sutton, born 24th August 1909, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire;

1911 Census - 6, Spread Eagle Street, West End, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire - Richard Sutton, head, age 36,  collier hewer, worker, born St Helens, Lancashire; Sarah Ellen Sutton, wife, age 35, married 12 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Blackburn, Lancashire; James Thomas Sutton. son, age 10, school, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Richard Sutton, son, age 9, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Doris Sutton, daughter, age 7, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Nellie Sutton, daughter, age 1, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Katie Herbert, boarder, age 22, single, ring spinner, cotton, worker, born Liverpool, Lancashire.

Children - William Sutton, born 13th July 1912, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

Both documents show Royal West Kent Regiment, with Service No.5471.

Enlisted Accrington, Lancashire, age 37 years & 1 month, height 5ft 5½. Resided 9, Spread Eagle Street, West End, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Formerly miner.

Enlisted Accrington, Lancashire, age 19 years & 8 months, height 5ft 5½, weight 145lbs. Resided 9, Spread Eagle Street, West End, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Formerly printers labourer.

Home 16th January 1915 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 17th October 1915.

16th January 1915, enlisted; 17th January 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th January 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th July 1915, Blackdown, overstaying his pass from 11.00pm until 10.25pm 31st July 1915, deprived of 3 days pay, forfeits 3 days pay; 30th August 1915, posted BEF; 26th September 1915, wounded.

18th October 1915, Festungslazarett 6, Coln, Germany (translation) - The record of death of Richard Sutton, British Soldier, age 37 years of age, husband of Saha, nee Richards, . . . . on the 17th October 1915 at 6 o'clock at Festungslazarett 6, at Coln, has been entered in The Register of Deaths at the Registry Office, Col III on the 18th October 1915.

5th June 1916, pension 25/- a week awarded to widow & four children.

Buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery, VII. D. 18., Germany.

NOTE - I cannot resolve the difference in ages shown on different documents.