Pte. Francis SUTTON

1886 - 1918  (32 years)

• Name	Francis SUTTON
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	15 Jun 1886	Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1891	Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  birth	15 Jul 1891	Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Census-Household Member	1901	Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Attestation Papers	15 Jul 1915	Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
  	No: 144362; 42 Bn Canadian Infantry
  WWI service	144362; 42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regn)
  Death	29 Sep 1918	Cambrai, , France   [3, 4]
  Burial	Sailly-lez-Cambrai, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  	Address: Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery Sailly-lez-Cambrai France
  Person ID	I49590001	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Samuel SUTTON,   b. 1840, , , , Ireland d. 29 Oct 1913, Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Isabella MCGUIRK,   b. 12 Jul 1845, , , , Ireland d. 9 Jan 1938, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F16345053	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Greenwood Methodist Church Plaque dedicated to WWI Soldiers Photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 2022
  		Plaque Honoring Members of Greenwood Community who enlisted for Overseas Service, Greenwood Methodist Church Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Pembroke War Memorial - left side Photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 2022

  
  

  Documents

  Sutton, Pte. Frank “Photocopy of newspaper photo of Pte. Frank Sutton,” Newspaper clipping photocopied file of WWI Casualties, Champlain Trail Museum and Pioneer Village, Accessed Nov 2022.

  
  

  Histories

  Sutton, Pte. Frank military summary Compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  Census-Household Member: Role: Household Member Role: Household Member Attestation Papers: occupation railroading age 25, 5' 8 3/4", 170 lbs, with a medium complexion, Grey eyes, and black hair Pte. Sutton disembarked in Liverpool Jun 29, 1916. He was assigned to serve with the 73rd Royal Highlanders of Canada on Jul 3, 1916. He emabarked for France on Aug 12, 1916. He spent some time in Brook War Hospital in March 1917 with dysentry and the next month bronchitis. He landed in France on Nov 11, 1917 to serve with the 42nd Battalion. During his service, he worked on the railway working party and the tunnelling company. He was killed in action on Sep 29, 1918. Pte. Sutton's circumstances of death registration did not survive however several other soldiers of his Battalion who died on the same day and buried in the same cemetery, were killed as a result of enemy machine gun fire during an attack on Cambrai.

  
  

• Sources

  [S611684] FamilyTree.Com, '"Ontario Birth Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (Subscription www.ancestry.ca), 031185 Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Reliability: 3). [S611854] Ancestry.com, Mil-Military Attestation Papers, (Ancestry.com. Canada, WWI CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. Images are used with the permission of Library and Archives Canada.). [S611937] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Mil-Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ((www.cwgc.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S612273] Canada., Mil-WWI Personnel Records of the First World War, ( Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx.).