Lance Sergeant 19425 William James SCUTT

Lance Sergeant 19425 William James Scutt{gallery}L/Sgt W J Scutt{/gallery}5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 23rd August 1917, aged 25

• Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Charles and Ellen Scutt [nee Hamshar] 
• NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for L/Sgt Scutt
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Tyne Cot Memorial
• Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1892 at Sutton, Surrey
  
• Lived as a boarder at 5 Market Street, Atherstone [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner / trammer
  
• Enlisted 5 Sep 1914