William Luton
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921
Rank and number: Sapper 305281
Parents: Frederick and Margaret Luton
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: Boarder at 8 Napier Street, Mountain Ash, Glamorganshire (1911 census). Lived: Family lived Pendennis Road, Staple Hill, Bristol (1901 Census)
Pre-war occupation: Stone Mason
Date of birth: 1879
Place of birth: Winterborne, Bristol
Date of death: 15/07/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Mangotsfield (Downend) Cemetery
Age: 38
Further information:
William served with the 2nd Reserve Battalion, Royal Engineers and died on 15/07/1918 (at Chatham Military Hospital of Pulmonary Tuberculosis). Medals: possibly only the Memorial Death Plaque of WW1 as he does not appear to have served overseas.
A pension of 5 shillings a week was paid to his mother Margaret, and her address in 1918 was 14 Bath Street, Staple Hill, Bristol.
William Luton is commemorated on the Downend Christ Church Memorial and the Staple Hill Page Park Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc),