Career
60th Rifles (1st Battalion)
Bugler William Sutton. Date of Acting of Bravery, 13th September, 1857
Foreign gallant conduct at Delhi on the 13th of September, 1857, the night previous to the Assault, in volunteering to reconnoitre the breach. This Soldier"s conduct was conspicuous throughout the operations, especially on the 2nd of August, 1857, on which occasion, during an attack by the Enemy in force, he rushed forward over the trenches, and killed one of the Enemy"s Buglers, who was in the act of sounding.
Elected by the Privates of the Regiment.
There is a plaque in his memory in Street Peter"s Church, Ightham, where he is buried in an unmarked grave.
