LEONARD FRANCIS SCRUTTON

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Image from 1945 Evening Star newspaper.

Born: 22nd November 1911, Norwich, Norfolk.

Died: 21st January 1945; age: 33; KiA.

Residence: 8, Great Colman Street, Ipswich.

Employed: as a Packer in the Export Shop of the Manganese Brass and Bronze Works, Ipswich.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 14655932.

Regiment: Manchester Regiment, 7th Battalion – Infantry.

Grave Reference:

E.3.

Sittard War Cemetery,

Limburg,

Netherlands.

Relatives Notified & Address: Youngest son of Stanislaus Osborn Scrutton, of Henniker Road, Ipswich & Alice Ellen Scrutton; husband of Vera Frances Scrutton, of Ipswich.

Father: Stanislaus Osborn Scrutton, born 1877, Norwich, Norfolk – Tallow Chandler Manufacturers Clerk.

Mother: Alice Ellen Scrutton (nee Hardiment), born 1879, Norwich, Norfolk – died 1930, at 28, Muriel Road, Norwich, Norfolk.

CENSUS

1921   104, Dereham Road, Norwich, Norfolk.

Leonard was 9 years & 7 months old. He attended School and lived with his parents, siblings and widowed maternal grandmother.

Stanislaus Scrutton, 43 years & 9 months old, a Commercial Clerk for Mr, James Gerald Snelling & Son Limited – Reckal Beef Suet Refiners, of Tristella Works, Norwich.

Alice Scrutton, 42 years & 1 month old, Home Duties.

Ethel May Scrutton, 13 years & 11 months old, at School, born Norwich.

Gerald Osborne Scrutton, 12 years & 1 month old, at School, born Norwich.

Ellen Elizabeth Hardiment (nee Forster), 68 years & 10 months old, born Norwich.

In 1936, Ipswich, Leonard married Vera Frances Heath, born October 1913, Norfolk – daughter of Ernest James Heath, an assurance agent and Maud Mary Heath (nee Hendry), of 13, Christchurch Street, Ipswich.

Vera and Leonard had one  daughter:

Hazel Mary Scrutton, born October 1936, Ipswich.

ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939.

Leonard was employed as a Packer for a Metal Mill – Export Shop. He lived with his wife and daughter at their family home – 87B, St. Helen’s Street, Ipswich.

Vera, a Ladies Hairdresser.

Hazel.

In 2020, local families adopted graves at Sittard War Cemetery in respect of the sacrifice made in the Liberation of Holland and Europe during WW2.