Albert William TUNE

25 August 1916

ANOTHER SUTTON SOLDIER WOUNDED

Mrs. Tune of Main Street, Sutton Mill, received a letter from the War Office, informing her that her son, Private Albert Tune, had been wounded. The letter is as follows:–

“I regret to inform you that a report has this day been received that 4745 Pte. Albert W. Tune, 1/6th West Riding Regiment, was wounded in action abroad (locality not stated) on the 12th August 1916. I am at the same time to express the sympathy and regret of the Army Council. Any further information received in this office as to his condition will be at once notified to you.”

(Signed) E. JOHNSON, Lieutenant.

Private Tune joined the Forces in November 1915, and was trained with the 3rd 6th Duke of Wellington’s at Clipstone. He was transferred from the 3rd battalion to the 1st and went to France at the beginning of February last. He has not been home since he was sent to ‘somewhere in France’ and has only been home once since enlisting. At the time of enlistment he was a worsted weaver at Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow’s, Sutton Mills. He resided with his mother and sisters in Sutton Mill.

08 September 1916

TUNE – Killed in action in France, August 29th, Pte. A. W. Tune, West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. Tune, Main Street, Sutton-in-Craven, aged 27 years.

08 September 1916

SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN – ANOTHER SOLDIER MAKES THE GREAT SACRIFICE

Mrs. Tune, of Main Street, Sutton-in-Craven, has received a letter from one of the officers in the West Riding Regiment, stating that her son, Private A. W. Tune, was killed on the 29th August. The letter is as follows:– Dear Mrs. Tune, – I very much regret having to inform you that your son was killed yesterday afternoon. He was struck in the neck by a piece of shrapnel, and died very shortly afterwards. There is little I can offer you in the way of consolation, except that your son was a great favourite with his comrades and I valued his services very much indeed. He died like a soldier and a true man. Please accept my sincerest sympathy. I am, yours sincerely, A. O. DONNA.

She has also received a letter from Captain Sam Clough as follows:– Dear Mrs. Tune,–It is with deep sorrow that I have to tell you of the death of your son yesterday afternoon. He was in an advance trench at the time, and was struck in the neck by a piece of shrapnel, being killed instantly. He was taken away during the night, and this morning was buried in a small cemetery set apart for soldiers killed in action, about half a mile behind the firing line. We were all very much upset about it. He was a popular man in the camp and an excellent soldier, being most willing and reliable. Several times he has been in charge on sentry duty, and he stood a very good chance of being promoted in the near future. His platoon officer has often told me what a good soldier he was. Please accept the deepest sympathy of the officers, N.C.O.’s and men of B Company. Yours sincerely, SAM H. CLOUGH (Captain).

Private Tune was 27 years of age, and only a few weeks ago was slightly wounded. He enlisted about nine months ago and was trained at Clipstone, after which he went to France. Prior to enlistment he worked at Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow’s Sutton Mills. He lived with his mother and sisters in Main Street, Sutton-in-Craven, and was highly respected by all who knew him.

13 October 1916

SUTTON – THE ROLL OF HONOUR

Writing in the Parish Magazine on the war, the Vicar of Sutton (Rev. A.R. Light) gives a list of men from the Parish of Sutton, who have fallen in defence of their country as follows:–Arnold Healey, Walter Haggas, Lyall Taylor, Edmund Wilkinson, Norman Riley, Nelson W. Petty, Richard Whitehall, Albert Wm. Tune, Frederick W. Thompson, Henry Taylor, Joseph G. Bancroft, Cedric Fawcett Horsfall.
Mr. Light also says: “I have not in the Magazine mentioned by name those from this place who have given their lives for their country, not because I have forgotten such promising young men as Henry Taylor, and others whose names hang in the Church porch, and, indeed, as I write this, I fear lest it may even be dimly thought that one may seem to be valued more than another. All who are fighting are equally dear to God, and it is also true to say that both rich and poor are giving their best, offering on an altar watered with tears those whose lives are so much to them. All those boys who formed our first patrol of Scouts have almost gone to the front, and only last week we heard of Reginald Ellison being wounded, but we hope his life will yet be spared.

To every mother whose heart aches with anxiety or for actual loss, I offer most true sympathy, whether such are connected with us in the worship of Sutton Church or not, and one cannot help feeling in such times as these that religious differences are not, and cannot be again, as great and as dividing as they have seemed in the past, and that all are one family of God. May each one of these, who will never enter into our lives here again, rest in peace.”