Eight: Captain and Quartermaster A. F. Sutton, Royal Engineers

1914 Star, with copy ‘slide-on’ clasp (21805 2 Cpl., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (21805 Sjt., R.E.); Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1850022 W.O. Cl. II, R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (21805 Sjt., R.E.); France, Medal of Honour, with swords, silver, unnamed; Romania, Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty, 3rd Class with swords, bronze, unnamed, minor contact wear, good very fine or better, the last two rare (8) £800-900

Ex D.N.W. 4 December 2002.

M.S.M. London Gazette 4 June 1917. ‘... for valuable services with the Armies in the field.’ ‘21805 Sjt. A. F. Sutton, R.E.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 23 December 1918 (Haig) ‘Sutton, 21805 2nd Cpl. (A./Sjt.) A.F.’

Romania, Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty, 2nd Class London Gazette 3 December 1920. ‘21805 Engineer Clerk Staff Serjeant Arthur Frederick Sutton, Royal Engineers (”E” London).

France, Medal of Honour, with swords, silver London Gazette 17 March 1920. ‘21805 Staff Serjeant Arthur Frederick Sutton, Royal Engineers (Peckham)’.

Arthur Frederick Sutton, who was born in March 1891, served for 16 years in the ranks, and another 8 years as a Warrant Officer, prior to being appointed a Superintending Clerk, R.E. in August 1930. For his wartime services he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.S.M., Romanian Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty and the French Medal of Honour with swords in silver. Sutton retired as a Captain and Quartermaster and died in August 1945, aged 55 years. With copied gazette extracts and m.i.c. - the latter showing entitlement to the clasp to the 1914 Star.