Stutting, Charles
Photo from Chrissie Stutting, his daughter-in-law
6595 Private, 1/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
242575 Private, 1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
Born 15th July 1889 in Scotter
Son of John (a general dealer from Scotter) and Sarah Ann (nee Tuxford of Brigg)
Played cricket and football for Scotter
Enlisted 25th February 1916 at Gainsborough
Described as 5 feet 3 inches tall
Called up as 5042 Private, 3/5th Battalion on 4th April and in June transferred to the 1/6ths
Sent overseas on 15th August
Suffered a gunshot wound to the arm
On 5th February 1917 wounded by a rifle bullet to the right thigh and hospitalised in France
Returned to Depot in June
Sent back to France on 9th September 1917 and posted to 1/5ths later that month
Served almost 3 months as an unpaid Lance Corporal
Arrived back in the United Kingdom on 10th November 1918, the day before Armistice
Discharged from service on 13th June 1919 at the Red Cross General Hospital, Bellahouston, Glasgow
Next month an examination assessed his ‘degree of disablement’ as 60%
Due to wounds received the Silver War Badge B227079 as no longer medically fit for active service
Married Ida Florence Lockwood (nee Vickers; his sister-in-law) in 1924
Helped run Scotter United
In the late 1920's moved to Scunthorpe
Worked at Appleby Frodingham steelworks
Lived at 55 Dale Street but never really settled and missed 'the village life'
A member of the Liberal Club
Regularly bicycled to Scotter to watch his son Ronald (Ron) play cricket & football for the village
Went blind in the last years of his life which affected him greatly
Died from a heart attack on 27th November 1965 aged 76
Buried at Brumby Cemetery
Parents buried in the churchyard
Brother of Ernest