Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War posthumous M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. R. J. Sutton, 2nd Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Somme

Military Medal, G.V.R. (8043 Sjt. W. R. J. Sutton. 2/Midd’x: R.); 1914 Star (L-8043 Dmr. W. R. J. Sutton. 2/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-8043 Sjt. W. R. J. Sutton. Midd’x R.) good very fine (4) £600-800

M.M. (announced posthumously) London Gazette 19 February 1917.

William Robert James Sutton proceeded to France as a Drummer with the 2nd Middlesex Regiment on 7 November 1914, and is entitled to the clasp to his 1914 Star. Subsequently promoted to Sergeant he was serving in “C” Company when killed in action on 1 July 1916, when his battalion took part in the attack at Mash Valley, near Ovillers, suffering more than 650 casualties on that day. His name is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.