Thomas Tutin

He was the son of Louis and Elizabeth Tutin and the brother of Ann, Alfred, Louis, William, Elizabeth, George and John Tutin. In 1901 they lived 6 Maiden Lane Barker Gate Nottingham. In 1911 he was boarding in Doncaster.

He was a bricklayer.

He is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Grave Reference: II B 192

Nottingham Evening Post notice (abridged), 27 June 1916: 'Tutin. Killed in action June 21st, Private T Tutin aged 33 years. Father, mother, sisters, brothers.' In Memoriam notices below published 21st June 1917 in the Nottingham Evening Post. Courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918 'TUTIN. – In loving memory of Private T. Tutin, who fell in action June 21st, 1916. His heart was true, his spirit brave, his resting place a soldier's grave. – From loving sister Annie and Joe.' TUTIN. – 'In loving memory of Pte. Tom Tutin, killed in action June 21st, 1916. Duty nobly done. – Sister Lizzie, husband, and brother George (in France).' 'TUTIN. – Killed in action June 21st, 1916, Pte. Tom Tutin, Sherwood Foresters, of No. 4, Red-street, age 34. In a far and lonely battlefield, where the trees their branches bend, lies one of the best of sons and brothers, gone to his untimely end; we mourn for him in silence, we make no outward show, the heart that mourns silently and low. Respected by all that knew him, Nottingham, Doncaster. – From his loving mother, father, two sisters, six brothers (five serving with the colours).' Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 21 June 1924: ‘Tutin. In loving memory of Pte. Tom Tutin killed in action June 21st 1916. To-day recalls sad memories of a good lad laid to rest, of them that thinks of him to-day are them that loved him best. From loving mother and father, and family.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)