Died
4 October 1917
Aged 22 yrs
Born
c June 1895
Sources
Ancestry
Barrow News
Place
Walks
Themes
Private John Suttor Jardine
CWGC and most of the Army records (Ancestry) have his middle name as Sutton. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, meaning that his body was never found and identified.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARY
WIFE OF JOHN SUTTOR
WHO DIED APRIL 19TH 1897
AGED 55 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE JOHN SUTTOR
DIED JAN. 17TH 1905,
AGED 73 YEARS
ALSO JOHN SUTTOR,
THE DEARLY LOVED AND ONLY SON OF
S. & M.J. JARDINE AND GRANDSON OF
THE ABOVE, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION
IN FRANCE, OCT. 4TH 1917, AGED 22 YEARS.
Barrow News 3 August 1918 Note that it had taken 10 months to confirm his death.
DALTON SOLDIER’S DEATH
Pte. John S. Jardine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jardine, Market-street, Dalton, is officially presumed dead. Pte. Jardine was a very popular young man in Dalton, and before joining the A.S.C. in June 1916, was employed by his father.
He was transferred to the 8th Lincolns. He was a member of the Dalton Conservative Club.
From various documents on Ancestry we know that he was baptised 23 June 1895 at St Mary’s?, Dalton.
1901 Census
At the time of the 1901 Census living at 83 Market Street, Dalton were John Suttor (69), Widower, Retired Baker, born Carlisle; Stephen Jardine (35), son-in-law, born Staveley, Westmorland; Mary J. Jardine (34), daughter, born Newcastle, Durham (sic); John S. Jardine (5), grandson, born Dalton; alongside General Domestic Servant Isobel Tyson (23), born Urswick.
1911 Census
By the 1911 Census, still at 83 Market Street, the household comprises Stephen Jardine (45), Baker & Confectioner, born Staveley, Westmorland; Mary Jane Jardine (44), Assistant in Buisness (sic), born Newcastle-upon-Tyne; John S. Jardine (15), Baker, born Dalton; Margaret Jardine (9), School, born Dalton; and Edith A. Bland (22), single, General Domestic Servant, born Pennington.
Again on Ancestry, it appears that John Jardine had various service numbers: 30878 Norfolk Regiment (War Medals Index); 184977 RASC (Royal Army Service Corps), as well as his Lincolnshire Regt no. 41704.
National Register (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1919
The National Register (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1919 has JARDINE John Suttor of 83 Market-street Dalton-in-Furness Lancashire died on or since 4 October 1917 in France Administration London 10 April to Stephen Jardine Baker Effects £91 15s 4d. This is a substantial amount for a 22 yr. old in 1917.
