STUTELEY, William


No.8799, Private, William STUTELEY
Aged 24


2nd Battalion,Suffolk Regiment
Died of of his Wounds on 26th June 1918


William Stuteley was born in 1895 (2nd qtr 1895 Thingoe 4a:783) son of Edward and Anna Maria STUTELEY (née DIAPER)

1901 census...Aged 6, he was at The Green, Hawstead with his father Edward STUTELEY [31] farm labourer born Bradfield St Clare; his mother Anna Maria [29] born Cockfield; brothers Bertie [5] born Bradfield St Clare and Harry [3] born Hawstead; sister Annie [2] born Hawstead

1911 census...Aged 16, a farm labourer, he was in Great Welnetham with his parents; brothers Bertie and Harry (both farm labourers), Alfred [9] and George [5] both born Hawstead; sisters Annie, Winifred [7] born Hawstead and Edith Mary [1] born Gt Welnetham.

The pension card has him dying from paralysis. His parents were living at Bradfield St Clare and apparently moved to Buttons Green, Cockfield


He is not found in "Soldiers Died". According to the medal index card he was in France/Flanders in August 1914. The newspaper report says he enlisted as a regular in 1913. He must have qualified for the clasp to the 1914 Star, but this obviously had not been claimed. He was initially not even on CWGC records, but a local campaign around 2000 placed his case before the authorities and he was recognised on the National Book of Remembrance in 2002 and a headstone was installed. Even then his actual grave was not located.




William Stuteley is buried in Bradfield St Clare churchyard
The exact grave site is unknown, hence the headstone is classed as a special memorial in that the inscription reads
"Known to be buried in this churchyard"

click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details


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