William's Story.
Born in 1896 at Kettleshulme, the son of coal miner, Joseph Sutton and Susannah, (nee, Boothby) Jackson, their address in 1911 was Paddock Lodge, The Post Office, Kettleshulme. His occupation was grocer’s assistant for Cooke and Pearson, Market Street, Whaley Bridge. The 1911 census shows William had two sisters, Ada and Dorothy, and four brothers, Alfred, Joseph Arthur, Albert Leslie and Harry William. He enlisted at Whaley Bridge, 19th October1914; joined at Buxton, 22nd October 1914. His army medical records give his height at five feet ten inches tall weighed 149lbs with a chest measurement of thirty-six and half inches, grey eyes and brown hair with a wart on his left hand, religion Wesleyan. He embarked from Folkestone for France, 19th July 1915; he then had a period in hospital from 22nd June 1916 until 18th August 1916 with pleurisy. William’s next visit to France was 25th May 1917 until August 1918. He must have suffered terrible wounds for he was re-classified as P or P (T) with a 100% disability and unfit for service, 8th March 1919.
The Chshire Roll of Honour would like to thank H.A.G Carlisle for the information and picture of William.