Private 11670 John William Sutherland

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 6th Battalion
Theatre of War: Home
Theatre of War First Served: Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 17/09/1915

Age at death: 26
Date of death: 3rd of December 1918 (Tuesday)
Born: St.Helens
Resided: St Helens
Burial / Memorial: St Helens Cemetery - Sec 38 grave 18

BMD details:
Born in 1892, Sutton, St.Helens. Baptised on 10th July 1982 at St.Nicholas Church, Sutton. Death registered at Prescot 4th quarter 1918, age 24.

Family details:
Birth of John William Sutherland reg Q1 1894 Prescot. Vol 8b page 773. Mother's maiden name Ogden

Census details:
1911 census see 18 year old John William Sutherland living at 5 Oldfield Street, St.Helens. Also resident are his mother Mary Jane Woodward (40) Step father John Thomas Woodward (41) and five siblings. John is employed as a "drawer".

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Also Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url]

Served in the Balkans with the 6th Battalion. Discharged on 06/07/1917 section 192 xvi (no longer fit for war service) Suffered a Gun Shot Wound to the Lung. Awarded 1914-15 Star, BWM & Victory