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Surname: SUTCLIFFE
Forename(s): Joseph
Place of Birth: Wadsworth near Heptonstall, Yorkshire
Service No: 202409
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 2/5th Battalion
Division: 59th (2/North Midland) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1917-05-04
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. I. 3.
CWGC Cemetery: BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Sutcliffe was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth Ann Sutcliffe, née Sharp. Both parents were born at Oxenhope, Yorkshire. Joseph was the brother of Private Ellis Suttcliffe (18508) (q.v.) and Private Fred Sutcliffe (41384) (q.v.).
1901 Wadsworth, Yorkshire Census: No. 3, Shaft - Joseph Sutcliffe, aged 3 years, born Wadsworth, son of Abraham and Elizabeth Sutcliffe.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 26, Riverside Terrace - Joseph Sutcliffe, aged 13 years, born Wadsworth, Yorkshire, son of Abraham and Elizabeth Ann Sutcliffe.
The British Army Service Record for Joseph Sutcliffe exists but may be incomplete.
A short biography of Joseph is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
SUTCLIFFE, James, aged 19 years, Notts. and Derby Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Sutcliffe, 8, Arthur Street, [Barnoldswick], died, France.
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Private Joseph SUTCLIFFE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 59th (2/North Midland) Division
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18 May 1917
SUTCLIFFE – Killed in action during the first week in May, 1917, Pte. Joseph Sutcliffe, Notts. and Derby Regiment, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Sutcliffe, 8, Arthur Street, Barnoldswick, aged 19 years.
18 May 1917
BARNOLDSWICK FAMILY’S SECOND BEREAVEMENT
The death has been reported from France of Pte. Joseph Sutcliffe, Notts. and Derby Regiment, (Sherwood Foresters). He was 19 years of age and the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Sutcliffe, 8 Arthur Street, Barnoldswick, another of whose sons (Pte. Ellis Sutcliffe) was killed in Mesopotamia on March 15th last. Three more are in the Army: Pte. Willie Sutcliffe, R.A.M.C., has just been discharged from hospital, after being wounded in the right leg and right arm, and is now at home on furlough; another is in Salonika, and the youngest in training at Stafford. The news was conveyed to the family in the following letter:–
B.E.F. 8/5/17.
“Dear Mrs. Sutcliffe, – It is with the deepest sorrow that I have to inform you of the death of your son, Pte. Joseph Sutcliffe, during a recent action, and my sympathy is extended to you in your bereavement. One of the cheeriest men in the company under all conditions, your son was greatly respected by everyone, and his untimely end has come as a great blow to all who came in contact with him. We came under heavy machine gun fire and your son was hit and died almost immediately. He has, with others, received a decent burial, and we can only now mourn his loss – a loss which can never be replaced. The one consolation, however, is derived from the fact that he died doing, as so many others have done, his duty as a British soldier with courage and determination. We are all struggling for a great end and a worthy object. Sacrifices are made willingly and with the courage and sense of duty which your son recognised as essential to all concerned in the great adventure.
With deepest sympathy, I am, yours truly, H. C. HEARNE. 2nd Lieut. for O.C. ‘C’ Co.
Pte. Sutcliffe enlisted just twelve months ago. He was connected with the congregational Church and a teacher in the Sunday School. Before joining up he worked as a weaver at Messrs. Whiteoak’s Westfield Mill.
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18 May 1917
SUTCLIFFE – Died in France, Pte. Joseph Sutcliffe, of the Notts and Derby Regiment (Sherwood Foresters), fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Abm. Sutcliffe, 8, Arthur Street, Barnoldswick, aged 19.
18 May 1917
BARNOLDSWICK FAMILY’S SECOND BEREAVEMENT
The death has been reported from France of Pte. Joseph Sutcliffe, Notts and Derby Regiment (Sherwood Foresters). He was 19 years of age and the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Abm. Sutcliffe, 8, Arthur Street, Barnoldswick, another of whose sons (Pte. Ellis Sutcliffe) was killed in Mesopotamia on March 16th last. Three more are in the army, Pte. Willie Sutcliffe, R.A.M.C., has just been discharged from hospital after being wounded in the right leg and right arm, and is now at home on furlough; another is in Salonika, and the youngest in training at Stafford. The news was conveyed to the family in the following letter:–
British Expeditionary Force, 8/5/17.
“Dear Mr. Sutcliffe, – It is with the deepest sorrow that I have to write to inform you of the death of your son, Pte. J. Sutcliffe, during a recent action, and my sympathy is extended to you in your bereavement. One of the cheeriest men in the company under all conditions, your son was greatly respected by everyone, and his untimely end has come as a great blow to all who came in contact with him. We came under heavy machine gun fire and your son was hit and died almost immediately. He has, with others, received a decent burial and we can only now mourn his loss – a loss which can never be replaced. The one consolation however, is derived from the fact that he died doing as so many others have done, his duty as a British soldier, with courage and determination. We are all struggling for a great end, and a worthy object. Sacrifices are made willingly and with the courage and sense of duty which your son recognised as essential to all concerned in the great adventure. With deep sympathy, I am yours truly, H.C. Hearne, Second-Lieutenant for O.C. ‘C’ Company.”
Pte. Sutcliffe enlisted just twelve months ago. He was connected with the Congregational Church and a teacher in the Sunday School. Before joining up he worked as a weaver at Messrs. Whiteoak’s, Westfield Mill.
03 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Third Son Killed
Pte. Fred Sutcliffe (Leicestershire Regiment), youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Sutcliffe, 8, Arthur Street, Barnoldswick, was killed in action on March 21st. He was 19 year of age and went to France in January last. Two of his brothers lost their lives earlier in the war, and two are still serving.
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