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Three: Private Frederick Tutt, 7th Battalion, East Kent Regiment, who was killed in action a...
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Three: Private Frederick Tutt, 7th Battalion, East Kent Regiment, who was killed in action at Carnoy on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 1914-15 Star (G-5495 Pte. F. Tutt. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-5945 Pte. F. Tutt. E. Kent R.) extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- Frederick Tutt served with the 7th Battalion in France from 2 September 1915, and was killed in action on 1 July 1916. The following notice appeared in the Kentish Express & Ashford News, 5 August 1916: Private F. T. Tutt, the Buffs, who was killed in action on July 1st, was the son of Mr & Mrs J. Tutt, of Stone Cottages, Great Chart. He was born at Kingsnorth on March 28th, 1890, and on leaving school worked at Great Chart, subsequently obtaining employment on Dover Pier. He joined the Buffs in November, 1914, and had been at the front for eleven months. Another son of Mr & Mrs J. Tutt is serving in the Buffs as a machine gunner. In a letter of sympathy to the parents of the deceased an officer of the Buffs says:- “Your son fought bravely and gallantly as becomes the British soldier. He was loved by all.” See the following lot for the medals awarded to his brother who was killed in action in September 1916.
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Three: Private Frederick Tutt, 7th Battalion, East Kent Regiment, who was killed in action at Carnoy on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 1914-15 Star (G-5495 Pte. F. Tutt. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-5945 Pte. F. Tutt. E. Kent R.) extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- Frederick Tutt served with the 7th Battalion in France from 2 September 1915, and was killed in action on 1 July 1916. The following notice appeared in the Kentish Express & Ashford News, 5 August 1916: Private F. T. Tutt, the Buffs, who was killed in action on July 1st, was the son of Mr & Mrs J. Tutt, of Stone Cottages, Great Chart. He was born at Kingsnorth on March 28th, 1890, and on leaving school worked at Great Chart, subsequently obtaining employment on Dover Pier. He joined the Buffs in November, 1914, and had been at the front for eleven months. Another son of Mr & Mrs J. Tutt is serving in the Buffs as a machine gunner. In a letter of sympathy to the parents of the deceased an officer of the Buffs says:- “Your son fought bravely and gallantly as becomes the British soldier. He was loved by all.” See the following lot for the medals awarded to his brother who was killed in action in September 1916.
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