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722974 1st/24th (County of London) Battalion (the Queen’s), London Regiment
Ambrose Suttle was born in 1892 in Glemsford, the son of John and Ellen May Ambrose (née Copsey). His father was employed as a cocoa matting weaver and the family lived in Egremont Street, Glemsford where his mother worked from home as a ‘hair brush weaver’.
His mother died in 1902 and his father remarried in 1910 and moved to Friars Street in Sudbury. Ambrose was working as a farm labourer and was living with his uncle; James Suttle and his family in Glemsford.
Ambrose married Ellen Watkinson in late 1910 and was living at 42 Friars Street when he enlisted on 16 February 1916 and joined the Suffolk Regiment (formerly 25099). Prior to enlisting he was employed as a maltster. The surviving part of his service record describes him as 5ft 5½ ins in height with 36½ inch chest. He landed in France on 15 June 1916. It is not known when he transferred to the London Regiment.
In the summer of 1918 the Allies began the Final One Hundred Days Offensive (8 August – 11 November) which led to the end of the war. Ambrose’s battalion formed part of 142nd Brigade, 47th (2nd London) Division and saw action during the Second Battle of the Somme 1918 at the Battle of Albert (21 - 23 August).
Ambrose was killed in action on 22 August 1918 and lies buried in Bray Hill British Cemetery, Bray-Sur-Somme, France. A Cross of Remembrance was laid by his grave in March 2014.
Ambrose Suttle was awarded the Military Medal. The announcement of his award appeared in the London Gazette Supplement on 13 March 1918. No citations were printed for Military Medals. He was also awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
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