Basic Details
Surname
Sutton
Forenames
James
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
42753
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 217 New England. It misrecords his regimental number as 427353.

(CWGC records that Private J Sutton, regimental number 42753, died on 8/4/1918 serving in 8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, and is buried in grave XII.E.12 at Grevillers British Cemetery in France. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that James died at Avesnes, near Bapaume, and that his grandfather Edward was his legatee. The birth of James Sutton was registered in Peterborough District in 1898. On the 1901 census he was living with his grandparents Edward and Mary Ann Sutton at 109 GNR Cottages, New England, Peterborough. On the 1911 census he was living with his grandparents at 815 Lincoln Road, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Lincolns
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
8th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Anesnes [sic; actually Avesne]
Cemetery
Not stated on memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
April
Day of death
8
Manner of death as stated
Died as a Prisoner of War from wounds received in action 8 April 1918
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
217 NEW ENGLAND
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial