Ref ID: 3688
Name
William Hutchinson.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Photograph of Gunner William Hutchinson.
Life Story
Name: William John Hutchinson.
Service Number: 78122.
Rank: Gunner.
Battalion: 65th Howitzer Battery.
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery.
Born: 17th May 1900, Belfast.
Died: 19th August 1917.
Address: 147 Crimea Street, Belfast
.
William Hutchinson, son of William and Elizabeth Hutchinson, lived at 147 Crimea Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
The 1901 Ireland Census has William living at 67 Dundee Street, Shankill Road, Belfast with his mother, two sisters, Lizzie, 4 years, Maggie, 3 years, and his aunt, Martha Millar, occupation, Reeler In Mill
.
The 1911 Ireland Census has William living at 28 Blenheim Street, Shankill Road, Belfast with his mother, occupation, Reeler (Yarn), father, Stager Shipyard, three sisters, Elizabeth, 15 years, Doffer (Flax), Margaret, 13 years, Doffer (Flax), Lena, 8 years, and two brothers, James, 4 years and Alexander, 1 year
.
Prior to enlistment Williams occupation is given as a Heater Boy, Shipyard
.
Williams Special Reservist Attestation Papers show he enlisted, serving as Private 3270, into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at the age of 18 years and 330 days on the 21st April 1914.
Further Attestation Papers then show that William aged 19 years and 32 days then applied and was accepted, serving as Gunner 78122, into the Royal Field Artillery on the 27th June 1914.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 30th of July 1915.
William was a Gunner in 65th Howitzer Battery, Royal Field Artillery when he Died Of Wounds Received In Action in France on the 10th of August 1917
.
His Service Records show that having received a G.S.W, Gun Shot Wound, to the abdomen he was taken to the 54th Casualty Clearing Station where he died.
A Post Office Telegraph had been sent prior to Williams death explaining to his father that his son was dangerously ill, however this Telegraph had been sent to 32 Springmount Street, a previous address.
Another document dated the 31st August 1917 and headed, City of Belfast Royal Irish Constabulary Detective Department shows that an officer O'Reilly had helped clear up the misunderstanding concerning the residence of Williams family who now lived at 147 Crimea Street.
His Service Papers also show us that an R.I.C, Royal Irish Constabulary, officer, Constable Hugh Lockhart, Craven Street Barracks, Shankill Road, had given William a Reference on enlistment
.
A local newspaper states.
Hutchinson, Gunner Wm, R.F.A, 147 Crimea Street, Belfast, died on the 12 inst, of wounds received in action two days earlier. His father, Mr Wm Hutchinson, served during the South African campaign and in the present war, but is now discharged
.
See his father also: 14808 Rifleman William Hutchinson Royal Irish Rifles
.
Williams Soldiers Effects were left to his mother Elizabeth.
A Dependant Pension Application Form shows his mother as claimant also
.
William received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 - 1915 Star
.
He is Remembered at La Gorgue Communal Cemetery, France.
To Remember Is To Honour
.
Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1917
Classification
Newspaper, Photograph, Photograph - Belfast Telegraph
