|
Apr 13, 1897
|
Born in
Bowmanville, Ontario to William and Matilda “Tilly”
(nee Fogarty) Mutton
|
|
Mar 27, 1916
|
Attested into the
136th Battalion CEF in Bowmanville, Ontario
Ø
Number 805667
Ø
Next of kin given
as W.B. Mutton, father, Bowmanville, Ontario
Ø
Previous
occupation given as Rubber Worker at Goodyear Rubber, Bowmanville
Ø
No previous
military experience given
Ø
Religion given as
Church of England
Ø
Assigned to
“B” Company
The battalion
trained in the Kingston, Ontario area
|
|
Sep 25, 1916
|
Embarked the SS
Corsican in Halifax, Nova Scotia
|
|
Oct 6, 1916
|
Disembarked in
Liverpool, England and proceeded to the West Sandling Camp where the
battalion was absorbed into the 39th Reserve
Battalion to continue training
|
|
Dec 7, 1916
|
Transferred to the
64th Battalion at East Sandling to continue
training
|
|
Feb 8, 1917
|
Medical Board in
Shoreham declares his category as B2 (not fit for front line service)
for being under weight
|
|
Mar 21, 1917
|
Transferred to the
EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot)
|
|
Apr 30, 1917
|
Medical Board at
Seaford changes his category to A2 (fit for front line service after
conditioning)
|
|
May 4, 1917
|
Transferred to the
6th Reserve Battalion in Seaford
|
|
Jun 19, 1917
|
Transferred to the
21st battalion
|
|
Jun 20, 1917
|
Arrived at the No.
2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot) in Etaples, France and TOS (Taken
On Strength) the 21st Battalion
|
|
Jul 8, 1917
|
After leaving the
base depot Private Mutton joined the 2nd
Entrenching Battalion with a draft of 53 reinforcements destined to
join the 21st Battalion
|
|
Aug 20, 1917
|
After leaving the
entrenching battalion he joined the 21st
Battalion in Division Reserve at Fosse 10 and assigned for duty as a Runner
for Major AP Miller DSO, MCx2
|
|
Nov 9, 1917
|
Less than 3 months
after joining the battalion, Private Mutton was killed in action at
Passchendaele, Belgium. He
was given a battlefield burial in a field near Crest Farm. Following the war, his
identifiable remains could not be located and his name is listed on the
walls of the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium for those killed during the war
in Belgium with no known grave.
Following the war the British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to
his grandmother, Mrs. Louisa Mutton, PO Box 125, Bowmanville, Ontario
The Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny) and Scroll were sent to his
father, William B. Mutton, at the same address
There was no Memorial Cross issued
|
|
Harold Mutton is also honoured on the
Belleville, Ontario War Memorial
|
|