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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 267

A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant J. W. W. Sutton, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was killed in action on 29 June 1917

Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. J. J. W. Sutton. R.G.A.) note initials; British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. J. W. W. Sutton.), good very fine (4)

M.C. London Gazette 25 November 1916:

For conspicuous gallantry in action. He rescued an officer who had been buried, under very heavy fire. Later, when his battery were under intense fire, he remained at his post and set a splendid example to his men.

John William Wellesley Sutton was the son of Arthur and Ethel Wellesley Sutton and was born at Portsea, Hampshire on 9 March 1898. He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School leaving in 1914. Granted a commission in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 2 February 1915, Sutton served in Fance from September 1915. He was killed in action as a result of poison gas on 29 June 1917, during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, whilst attached to 28th Brigade. Sutton is buried in the Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£480