Eric Tebbutt
He was employed as a grocer and worked in Grantham
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Eric Tebbutt was born in 1890 at Misterton the son of the late George Handley a school master and Elizabeth Constance Tebbutt (née Smith) of High Street, Misterton.
His father was the local school teacher he was born in 1847 at Kettering he died in 1901 aged 54 yr his mother Elizabeth Constance Smith was born in 1850 at Ipswich, they were married on 23rd January 1871 at Bromley, Kent,
Eric had ten siblings, Llewelyn 1872, Edith 1874, Hilda 1876, Evelyne 1879, Harold 1881, Millie 1883, Wilfred 1886, Oscar Handley 1887, Edgar 1890, and Githa May 1892.
In the 1911 census his widowed mother Elizabeth 67 yrs is living at Albion Terrace, Misterton, she is living with her children, Wilfrid Oliver 25 yrs an iron turner, Edgar Handley 21 yrs a tinplate worker and Githa May 18 yrs of age.
Eric enlisted in Grantham where he worked. He initially served in the Durham Light Infantry with service number 4165 but later transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment. He died from wounds which he received to his arm, right leg and thigh.
He is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Effects returned to his mother 10/1/1918 by the Infantry Records Office were: identity disc , letter, card, pipe, pouch, watch, cigarette case, razor and two coins.
Local newspaper obituary:
We regret to have to record the death of Private Eric Tebbutt age 32 yrs York and Lancs, at the 44th Casualty Clearing Station at the front, after being badly wounded in action. The deceased soldier was a son of the late Mr G H Tebbutt, a former schoolmaster of the West Stockwith with Council school. His mother still resides, along with several other members of the family, at Misterton, for whom much sympathy is felt in their bereavement. This is the second son Mrs Tebbutt has lost in the war. A third soldier son, Oscar, is at the front with the Lincolns.
Information on Eric Tebbutt has been provided courtesy of the Misterton and West Stockwith History Group
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Photo of Eric Tebbutt has been provided courtesy of the Misterton and West Stockwith History Group
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Photo provided courtesy of The War Graves Photographic Project www.twgpp.org
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Photo shows Brandhoek New Military Cemetery where Eric Tebbutt is buried, photo courtesy of CWGC
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published on Lincolnshire Remembers web pages.
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Photograph showing the world war one memorial at St Wulfram Church at Grantham upon which Eric Tebbutt is commemorated, courtesy of Charles Anderson and the Lincolnshire Remembers website
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Photograph showing the world war one memorial at St Wulfram Church at Grantham upon which Eric Tebbutt is commemorated, courtesy of Charles Anderson and the Lincolnshire Remembers Website
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Photograph showing the world war one memorial at St Wulfram Church at Grantham upon which Eric Tebbutt is commemorated, courtesy of Charles Anderson and the Lincolnshire Remembers Website