Leslie Hutchby
He was a sorter in in a hosiery dye works in 1911.
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Leslie Hutchinson was the son of Thomas a dyer in dyer warehouse and the late Clara Hutchinson née Watson of 13 Chard Street, Basford, Nottingham.
His father Thomas was born in 1866 at Basford, his mother Clara Watson was born in 1869 also in Basford, sh died in 1911 aged 42 yrs, they were married on 7th April 1890 at St Leodegarius Church, Baford, Nottingham, they went on to have two furterh children, Hilda Mary born 1891 and Florence Gertrude born 1893.
In the 1911 census the family is living at 13 Chard Street, Basford, Thomas 45 yrs is a widow working as a dyer he is living with his children, Hilda Mary 20 yrs a sewing machinist, Florence Gertrude 18 yrs and Leslie 14 yrs a sorter in a dye works.
Private Leslie Hutchby enlisted in The Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) towards the end of August 1914 and after initial training was posted to 1st Battalion in France. Leslie landed in France on 28 November 1914 and is likely to have arrived at the battalion on 7 December when a draft of 135 other ranks joined. They immediately began tours of duty in the front line trenches although freezing weather and then incessant rain had rendered these almost inhabitable. One of the officers likened getting in and out of the front line trench as being a ‘cardboard rabbit at a penny shooting gallery’. The enemy were only 120 yards away although he rated them as only fair shots.
John Morse
Soldiers Effects Register – Hutchby Leslie, 1st Bn Nott’s & Derbyshire Regt,
£4-10s-6d – 12/6/1915 to father Thomas
£3 war gratuity – 7/8/1919 to father Thomas
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial France.
This photo was published in the Nottingham Evening Post 1st March 1915 and appears here courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
Courtesy of John Morse
Le Touret Memorial