John
Henry Staddon, formerly Mayor of Luton, as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1938-9 [Z49/261]
Wednesday
4th April 1917: News has been received of two of the sons of Luton’s
Mayor John Henry Staddon. His eldest son, Lieutenant Wilfred Staddon, was
initially reported missing in action in September last year, but was soon
afterwards found in a Red Cross Hospital in Rouen suffering from a bullet wound
in the back. He had been at home in Luton recovering from his injury, but was
making only slow progress and has now been admitted to hospital in Cambridge
for further treatment. Lieutenant Staddon enlisted in the Inns of Court
Officers’ Training Corps (known as “The Devil’s Own”) in May 1915 and was
commissioned in the East Surrey Regiment in the following September. The
Mayor’s youngest son Lieutenant C. E. Staddon has written to his parents to
tell them he has arrived safely in India. He was met on his arrival by the
Revd. Frank Hart; formerly connected with the Waller Street Methodist Circuit
in Luton, he is now the senior Wesleyan Chaplain in Bombay.
Sources:
Luton News 21 September 1916 & 5th April 1917 [for more information on Lt.
Wilfred Staddon see Luton WW1]
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