Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Serjeant V. C. Tutton, North Somerset Yeomanry

1914 Star, with clasp (193 Pte., 1/1 N. Som. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (193 Sjt., N. Som. Yeo.); Russia, St. George Medal for Bravery, 2nd Class, gold, reverse inscribed, ‘No.2968’, edge inscribed, ‘193 Sjt. V. C. Tutton, Som. Yeo. T.F.); Memorial Plaque (Victor Clement Tutton) last with minor edge bruising, good very fine, scarce (5) £2000-2500

St. George Medal for Bravery, 2nd Class London Gazette 25 August 1915.

Victor Clement Tutton was born in Loxton, Somerset, lived at Moxton Farm, Axbridge, and enlisted at Weston-super-Mare. Serving in the North Somerset Yeomanry, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 2 November 1914. He was killed in action on 13 May 1915, aged 25 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. For his wartime services he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Russian St. George Medal for Bravery, 2nd Class in gold. Victor Clement Tutton was the son of Clement and Sarah Ellis Tutton, of “Kia-Ora”, Bleadon, Weston-super-Mare.