Born: 1880, Idle
Died: 11 January 1918, Canadian Clearing Station
Buried:
Address: 1 Tomlinson Buildings, Idle
Parents: John Garth Hutton & Margaret
Spouse:
Siblings: James, William, Ann, Ella, Polly
Occupation: Builder’s labourer
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Holy Trinity, Idle; Upper Chapel, Idle; Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Children:
Regiment: Duke of Wellington’s West Riding
Ralph Boyd Hutton
Ralph Boyd Hutton was born nine months before the 1881 census, the
fifth child of John Garth Hutton, a grocer in Idle High Street, and his
Inverness-born wife Margaret.
By 1891 John had died and Margaret taken over running the business and
by 1901 Ralph was a 20-year-old quarryman – stone scrapler. Also living
with the family was Margaret’s widowed daughter-in-law Polly and three
grandchildren.
Ten years later Margaret had moved to 1 Tomlinson Buildings and Ralph
was the only other person living with her. He was working as a builder’s
labourer.
There is no report of Ralph’s service but on 21 January 1918, a notice
appeared in the Deaths column of the Shipley Times & Express. It read:
HUTTON – Pte Ralph Boyd Hutton, Duke of Wellington’s, youngest son
of the late John Garth and Mrs Hutton, Idle, died 11th of January at the
3rd Canadian Clearing Station, France, from bronchial pneumonia.
