Name
Geoffrey Alfred Sutton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/11/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
11686
Irish Guards
No. 1 Company, 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION
IV. A. 15.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 6 December 1893 at Eaton Bray, Dunstable, Bedfordshire son of the Rev. Edwin and Annie Hill Sutton later of Grundisburg Rectory, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Educated at Haileybury College 1907-11.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Whitehall, London formerly Private 1209 28th London Regiment and entered France on 6 Dec 1914. Obtained a commission as 2nd Lieutenant 3rd Royal Irish Fusiliers on 6 Jul 1917 and then re-enlisted as Private in the Irish Guards. Died of wounds received at Bourlon Wood.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
