William Scutchings

Bank: Coutts & Co

Place of work: London Lombard Street office

Died: 20 September 1917

William Thomas Joseph Scutchings was born in London in 1898, the son of William and Alice Scutchings. In September 1914 he went to work for the London bank of Coutts & Co.

In January 1917 Scutchings left his job at the bank to join the army, becoming a Rifleman in the London Regiment. He was killed in action near Ypres on 20 September 1917. He was 19 years old.