Service no. 1245
Private, London Regiment, 1st/23rd Battalion
Killed in action on 26 May 1915, aged 20
CWGC: "Son of Ernest Edward and Frances Mary Tutt, of 51, North St., Clapham, London."
Born in Clapham; lived in Clapham; enlisted at Clapham Junction
Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Baptised 14 July 1895 - Clapham Holy Trinity, Surrey
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 Ernest John Tutt, then 15, was working as an errand boy. The census states that he was born in Dulwich (the Soldiers Died database gives his birthplace as Clapham). Ernest's father, Ernest E. Tutt, 39, was a smith's hammerman from Battersea. His mother, France M. Tutt, 39, was born in Clapham. There were four siblings, all born in Clapham:
John Henry Tutt, 14
Albert Edward Tutt, 12
Henry Richard Tutt, 9
Holly Edith Tutt, 1
The family lived in four rooms at 2 Rowlands Cottage North Street, Clapham.