Sulston Frederick John 1892

Frederick John Sulston

 

1892-1977

Known as Frank.

Father Nm: John Sulston b. 1861Chinnor.
Mother Nm:Louisa Laskell b. 1860 Chinnor.
Marriage Dt:1913 Aylesbury RD to Beatrice Blinco

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Spouse comments: Beatrice Blincowe [4420] born 1893 Aylesbury M.Q. mother Turner d 1988 Aylesbury Vale

1901 Census  Aylesbury

Name	Age	Birthplace	Relationship	Occupation
John SULSTON	40	Chinnor	Head	Owner Cartage business
Louisa SULSTON	41	Chinnor	Wife
Frederick John SULSTON	8	Aylesbury	Son
Ernest SULSTON	12	Aylesbury	Son
Aline Gertrude SULSTON	11	Aylesbury	Daughter
Edward Foster J SULSTON	6	Aylesbury	Son

1911

• 15 Apr. Enlisted in the Royal Bucks Hussars (RBH) as a Territorial ie to attend annual training camps etc. Working for his father as a Cartage Contractor.

1912-1914

• Attended RBH camps two in 1912, in 1913 and one in May 1914 before becoming embodied into the RBH

WW1

 

Frederick John (Frank) Sulston 1892, Aylesbury, Lance Corporal, 681, Royal Bucks Hussars, 1/1st Bucks Yeomanry, Corps of Hussars.

1914

• 4 Aug. The RBH and its men mobilised at Buckingham.

• Before leaving for overseas, the regiment had been stationed in Norfolk on coastal defense duties (near Cromer and Sheringham) through the winter of 1914–1915.

1915

• 11 April. Frank and his Hussars embarked to Egypt from Plymouth They were transported on the SS Ausonia.
• 19-21 Apr. Disembarked at Alexandria.

14 Aug. Initial Duties: Upon arrival in Egypt, they were moved to Cairo by mid-May 1915 and were stationed at the Citadel Barracks. They spent several months training in the desert before being “dismounted” (leaving their horses behind) to serve as infantry in the Gallipoli campaign in August 1915.

• 4 August. Embarked from Alexandria to Gallipoli on HMT Ascania (a Cunard liner converted into a troopship). The journey was cramped and extremely hot. Men were “packed like sardines,” sleeping in every available corner of the ship.
  Large troopships could not get close to the Gallipoli shore due to the risk of torpedoes and shallow water.
• 17/18 August. The battalion were transferred from the Ascania onto smaller naval vessels—specifically the cruiser HMS Doris—and then into “lighters” (small, flat-bottomed armored boats) for the final push to the beach.
  They landed at Suvla Bay on the night of August 18, 1915.
  Upon landing, they didn’t stay on the beach for long. They moved into reserve positions under the cover of darkness to avoid being spotted by Turkish observers on the surrounding heights.
• 21 Aug. Wounded at The Battle for Scimitar Hill. “The Battle of Scimitar Hill was the last offensive mounted by the British at Suvla during the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I. It was also the largest single-day attack ever mounted by the Allies at Gallipoli, involving three divisions. The purpose of the attack was to remove the immediate Ottoman threat from the exposed Suvla landing and to link with the Anzac sectors to the south. Launched on August 21, 1915, to coincide with the simultaneous attack on Hill 60, it was a costly failure, in which the Turks were forced to use all their reserves in “severe and bloody fighting” far into the night, with some Turkish trenches lost and retaken twice.”Frank sustained injuries in this battle (shrapnel in the shoulder). Franks battalion lost 34 men killed on this day.
• 2 Sept. Reported wounded and likely being treated at No 3 Canadian Hospital on Lemnos Island.
• 11 Sept. In England the Bucks Herald reports Franks wounding reports rank as Corporal which is incorrect.
• 25 Sept. A report in the Bucks Advertiser and Free Press reports Frank wounded with shrapnel in the shoulder and at British Base Hospital, West Mudros, Island of Lemnos Greece.MEF.

  

• 19 Oct. Frank was invalided home to the 1st Southern General Hospital in Birmingham.

  

• December 1915. Frank was terminated/discharged in 1916  (4-year agreement fulfilled), he was assessed as 20% disabled from his injuries.

Sources

1. Army records for Frank Sulston are copyrighted and held by National archives.

Medals

Frank was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British and Victory medals.

1917

Frank was immediately upon recovery from his wounds back at work in the family Cartage business on Walton St. Aylesbury. One news item shows that in 1917 Frank was despite his honourable discharge from the Territorials still being considered for enlistment again.

 

1920 Advertisment for Cartage Business

1921 Census

19 Wendover Road, Aylesbury

Occupation	General Cartage Contractor

Frederick John Sulston	29 Years 3 Months	Head
Beatrice Sulston	28 Years 8 Months	Wife
Phyllis Sulston		Daughter
Edward John Sulston	6 Years 4 Months	Son
Ena May Sulston	3 Years 1 Month	Daughter

1939 Census 5 Walton Dene , Aylesbury

	FIRST NAME(S)	LAST NAME(S)	DOB	SEX	OCCUPATION	MARITAL STATUS
	Frederick J	Sulston	12 Mar 1892	Male	Haulage Removal Contractors Employed	Married
	Beatrice	Sulston	18 Dec 1892	Female	Unpaid Domestic Duties	Married
	Edward J	Hewitt	31 Jan 1915	Male	Motor Fitter Heavy Goods Lorry Driver	Single

 

Death 1977 Aylesbury age 85 years.

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