Additional information and photographs
When we set up this site in November 2002, the only details
available to us about A C Shotton were from the Board of Trade file on the war
memorial (in the series BT 13 at the PRO). The fact that we found no trace of him on the Commonwealth War Graves
(CWGC) Debt of Honour Register or in Soldiers Died in the Great War
suggested to us that some of the details we had may be incorrect.
A C Shotton is also commemorated on the Memorial to the Staff of the Ministry of
Labour,
now hanging in Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1.
Footnote
In February 2003 we were pleased to hear from Peter Bebb of York,
who pointed out that the Board of Trade records appear to have
Shotton's initials reversed: if so, this would explain why we were
unable to find him on the CWGC register or in Soldiers Died.
The man listed in both these registers is 19/497 Private C A
(Cecil Arthur) Shotton, who was born in Blyth, Northumberland,
and who enlisted in Newcastle upon Tyne. He died on 28 March
1918 while serving with the 19th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
(2nd Tyneside Pioneers). He is commemorated on Panel 16-18 of
the Pozieres Memorial.
The details are so similar that we think it safe to conclude that
A C Shotton and C A Shotton are one and the same. If anyone
can help further on this question, please
contact us.
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