BORN NEWINGTON, HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE TUTON ( 1857-1937), A MARBLE MASON, OF 204, BEAN STREET, HULL, 29 HOLDERNESS ROAD AND 87, WORTHING STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN.
ENLISTED HULL. A REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/04/1915. KILLED DELIVERING MESSAGES, ON 05/05/1915, AGED 25. “As they topped the ridge they were caught by German machine gun fire and suffered terrible casualties.”
UNMARRIED. HE LEFT ALL HIS WILL & ARMY EFFECTS, TO HIS OLDEST SISTER ALEY FLORENCE TUTON (1884-1964), WHO LOOKED AFTER THE FAMILY, AT 87 WORTHING STREET, HULL. (HDM ADDRESS 01/06/1915)
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH APPEAR IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL 1ST & 3RD JUNE 1915. *
HIS BROTHER, PTE, JOHN HENRY TUTON, EAST LANCS, WAS KILLED ON THE SOMME, ON 02/07/1916.
HIS OTHER BROTHERS, PTE, FRED HERBERT TUTON, SERVED WITH THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, GEORGE TUTON, ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, AND ARTHUR LEWIS TUTON JOINED THE RFA.
