Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameLeonard Edwin Charles SUTTON, 3C2R
Birth3 Jul 1923, Lambeth, London, England
DeathDec 1996, Bromley, Greater London
FatherLeonard Henry SUTTON (1897-1965)
MotherFlorence Alice SYMONDSON (1894-~1930)
Notes for Leonard Edwin Charles SUTTON
Middle names from Andrew Frew
In the July to September 1923 birth index Leonard E. C. Sutton, Lambeth district, London, mother’s maiden name Symondson, volume 1d, page 647.
1939 England and Wales Register
13 Melfort Road, Croydon
1. Leonard Sutton, born May 7 1897, married, tortishell and imitation ???? spectacle frame maker
2. Eva M. Sutton, born February 12 1896, married, domestic housewife unpaid
[Leonard must have remarried]
3. Leonard E. C? Sutton, born July 3 1923 , single, camera mechanic
4. Winifred Sutton [later changed to White], born December 31 1924, single, at school
In the December 1996 death index Leonard Edwin C. Sutton, age 73 born July 3 1923, registered at Bromley Registration district, Greater London, Register B29, 2221B district entry 226.
Information from Andrew Frew
Link to audio interview from the Imperial War Museum: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004262
In World war II he [was a photographer in the British Army and] some of his assignments were one of the cameramen when Bergen-Belson was liberated, took film of Himmler right after his suicide, filmed and was an official witness at the war crimes trials in Singapore including executions of Japanese who were found guilty.
After the war he was a photographer for the Picture Post and cited as Len or Carl Sutton.
Also from the recordings.
He started his service as a private and ended his service as a captain.
He was in the field starting from D-day.
He filmed the 1944 Christmas message by General Montgomery.
He photographed and got to know Lord Mountbatten.
In the July to September 1923 birth index Leonard E. C. Sutton, Lambeth district, London, mother’s maiden name Symondson, volume 1d, page 647.
1939 England and Wales Register
13 Melfort Road, Croydon
1. Leonard Sutton, born May 7 1897, married, tortishell and imitation ???? spectacle frame maker
2. Eva M. Sutton, born February 12 1896, married, domestic housewife unpaid
[Leonard must have remarried]
3. Leonard E. C? Sutton, born July 3 1923 , single, camera mechanic
4. Winifred Sutton [later changed to White], born December 31 1924, single, at school
In the December 1996 death index Leonard Edwin C. Sutton, age 73 born July 3 1923, registered at Bromley Registration district, Greater London, Register B29, 2221B district entry 226.
Information from Andrew Frew
Link to audio interview from the Imperial War Museum: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004262
In World war II he [was a photographer in the British Army and] some of his assignments were one of the cameramen when Bergen-Belson was liberated, took film of Himmler right after his suicide, filmed and was an official witness at the war crimes trials in Singapore including executions of Japanese who were found guilty.
After the war he was a photographer for the Picture Post and cited as Len or Carl Sutton.
Also from the recordings.
He started his service as a private and ended his service as a captain.
He was in the field starting from D-day.
He filmed the 1944 Christmas message by General Montgomery.
He photographed and got to know Lord Mountbatten.
Notes for Margaret (Spouse 1)
In the July to September 1948 marriage index Leonard E. C. Sutton and Margaret Devlin, Wandsworth district, London, volume 5d, page 2212