December 1889 - 25th September 1915 (age 25)
Sapper 58327
62nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers
A letter arrived at 12 Melbourne Place, Sowerby, addressed to Fred Hutton's
widowed mother. It was from Sergeant H Grace of the 62nd Company Royal
Engineers and read to the effect that Sapper Fred Hutton, of the company,
was severely wounded and had passed away. Fred had been killed in action
on the same day as William Bramley, supporting the attack at Loos in another
diversionary action, this time near Ypres.
Robert Hutton was a traction engine driver at a foundry and he lived in
Long Street, Thirsk with his wife and six children. Fred, the youngest,
was still living at home and employed as a tailor when the family moved
to 12 Melbourne Place. Robert died at the age of 56 and was buried at
St.Oswald's, in August 1911. Soon after the outbreak of war, Fred volunteered
joining the Royal Engineers on 1st December 1914 and going overseas on
20th May 1915. He has no known grave and is remembered on Menin Gate Memorial, panel 9.
An inscription on the Menin Gate reads:
TO THE ARMIES
OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
WHO STOOD HERE
FROM 1914-1918
AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD
WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
The information on this page was compiled by Steve Billings.
Information about Fred Hutton on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
Information about Fred Hutton on the War Graves Photographic Project website