EDWARD CHARLES STUTLEY
Born: 1868, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Died: 16th June 1900; age: 32; died of Pneumonia, at Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa.
Residence: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Edward saw service in India.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 1295.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force.
Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony & Orange Free State.
CENSUS
1871 5, Finsbury Place, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Edward was 2 years old and living with his parents.
William Stutley, 54, an Agricultural Labourer, born Bradfield, Suffolk.
Jemima Stutley (nee Tuffin), 38, born Whepstead, Suffolk.
3 boarders.
1881 Thingoe Union House, Hospital Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Edward was 13 years old, a Pauper. He was living with his widowed father at the Workhouse.
William, 69, a Pauper – Agricultural Labourer.
Edward’s mother, Jemima Stutley died 1877, Bury St. Edmunds.
His father, William Stutley died 1893, Bury St. Edmunds.
One of the notable Battles with a large loss of Suffolk life was the “Battle of Suffolk Hill” at Colesberg, Northern Cape 5th- 6th January 1900. The hill was originally called Red or Grassy Hill. The Suffolk Regiment was ordered to make a night attack on a Boer position on the heights, four companies, 354 of all ranks, set out at midnight under the command of Col. Watson. A storm of bullets met the Suffolks. The Colonel was amongst the first to fall, and the party later retired with 11 officers and 150+ men killed, wounded or captured.
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