Stratton, John

John was born on 16 September 1883 in Kircubbin, Northern Island to John Stratton and his wife.  He had three brothers Hugh, Peter and William.

John enlisted on 28 December 1904 at Belfast, Northern Ireland  with the Irish Guards, Regimental Number 2136, and was immediately shipped to London arriving on 31 December 1904.  In 1911 he was appointed Lance Corporal (unpaid) but in 1915 he was appointed a paid Lance Corporal.  John was sent to the Western Front, France and Flanders on 23 September 1914.  In mid-1918 he was wounded.  On 4 September 1918, after several months in military hospital, John was discharged from the army being unfit for war service.  He survived the War.

John was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal, and the Silver War Badge.

He is commemorated on the St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour.

Before enlisting his records show he was a carpenter.  He came to England in December 1904 with the Irish Guard and on the 1911 census he is shown in barracks in St George Hanover Square, London.

The 1911 census shows Daisy Sheldrick working as a cook with a family in Wimbledon, London where she met Jack.  Daisy went to Buckingham Palace in 1927 when the Irish Guards were presented with their new Guidon (colours pennant).  She was born at Ashwell, the daughter of John and Martha (nee Scoot) Sheldrick in 1893.

John married Daisy Sheldrick of Ashwell, Hertfordshire on 16 September 1915.  It is not known if they had any children.

The 1939 census shows them living in the Havant and Waterlooville District with John a skilled labourer at HM Dockyards.

It is not known when John died.