8839 PTE R.S.RUTLEDGE 1/NORF.R. (on 1914 Star)
8839 PTE R.S.RUTLEDGE NORF.R. (on Victory Medal)
Reginald Stanley Rutledge
Born Brentwood 1896
Son of William Burrows Rutledge & Alice Rutledge of 16 Chase Road, Brentwood, Essex
To France 16/8/14 with 1st Norfolk Regiment
Reported Missing in the Retreat from Mons 24/8/14 until found at Compeigne 2/9/14
Rejoined 1st Norfolks at the front 26/9/14
Awarded 21 days Field Punishment No.1 for sitting down whilst on sentry duty 1/4/15
Suffered a Gun Shot Wound to his head & a fractured skull at Ypres 21/4/15
Admitted to No.13 General Hospital, Boulogne & then returned to Blighty 25/4/15
DOW at Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich 20/5/15
Buried in Heroes' Corner, Greenwich Cemetery
With copy of his MIC, SDGW & CWGC details plus a 43 page Digital File of his Soldiers Papers & supporting research documentation
Condition: GVF
