Thomas Henry Scruton

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772990

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Brantford Congregational Church PSA Brotherhood

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

East Yorkshire

Birth city:

Hull

Address at enlistment:

10 Ruth Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

10 Ruth Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Blacksmith

Employer:

Cockshutt Plow Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX January 10, 1919

Mrs. Thomas H., Scruton, 103 Emilie Street, has received word from her husband, who is in Champagne Hospital, France. A letter was also received from the nursing sister. Private Thomas Henry Scruton was hit by falling lumber and received a bad fracture of the skull early in December. He is progressing nicely and expects to be removed to England in the near future.

BX March 15, 1940

Thomas Henry Scruton

Thomas Henry (Harry) Scruton passed at his residence 99 Emilie Street Friday morning following a lingering illness. Born in England, he has been a resident of this City for the past thirty-three years. He was a member of Gore Lodge, I.O.O.F., and of Brant Encampment and was employed at the Cockshutt Plow Co. for more than twenty-five years. During the First Great War he served with the 125th Battalion from this City. Surviving are his widow, one brother, William H. Scruton, England and two sisters, Mrs. E. Berry and Mrs. S.A. Bevan, both in England. The deceased will rest at Reid and Brown’s Slumber Room until Monday when services will be held in the Chapel in the afternoon. Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX March 19, 1940

Thomas Henry Scruton

The funeral of Thomas H. Scruton was conducted Monday afternoon from Reid and Brown’s Chapel. Rev. F. Hendershot, Minister of Wesley United Church was in charge of the service and was assisted by Rev. H.A. Graham. Mrs. Alfred Clarke rendered the vocal selection, “The City Four-Square,” accompanied on the chapel organ by Mr. Arthur Chrysler. Members and officers of Gore Lodge, I.O.O.F., of which Mr. Scruton was a member, gathered to confer the last rites of the Order on a departed brother. R. Galloway, N.G., was in charge and was assisted by John Bowden, Chaplain, and several brethren. Beautiful floral tributes attested to the high esteem in which the deceased was held. The pallbearers, all members of the I.O.O.F. were Howard Richardson, William Dawson, Frank Baker, Kenneth Motherall, John Johnson and Roy Sloat. Interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bugler P. Gillingwater sounded the last post at the graveside.