Private Edmund Nutter
A/36225 4th Canadian Army (1st Central Ontario)
Died of Wounds 4th September 1916, aged 31
Formerly lived at 289 Brunswick Street, Nelson
Buried in Contay British Cemetery, France - I.A.18.
Burnley Express 16th September 1916

Nelson Canadian Killed
Pte. E. Nutter, aged 31 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nutter, of Brunswick-street, Nelson, died from wounds on Monday, the 4th just. Pte. Nutter, who is a plumber by trade, went to Canada four or five years ago; and when the war broke out he joined the Canadian forces. He went to the Front over a year ago, and he has taken part in all the big engagements in which the Canadians have so markedly distinguished themselves. He has had some wonderful escapes from death, but at last he has fallen. He wrote home a wonderfully cheery letter on September 3rd, but this was followed two days later by letter from Rev. A. J. Perry, chaplain of the forces, stating that Pte. Nutter had been brought in wounded and had succumbed to his wounds. He was buried with military honours, and the chaplain offers such consolation as is possible in the circumstances. Pte. Nutter distinguished himself in the fierce encounters whcih the Canadians had with the enemy on the 8th and 9th of last month, when they temporarily lost ground and so splendidly rallied and recovered even more than they had lost. During that engagement Pte. Nutter rescued a number of wounded comrades and carried them across a fire-swept zone for a space of fifty yards until they could be placed under cover, returning, in face of a hot fire, for other wounded men. Of his many narrow escapes from snipers, he recorded one instance. He was in the trenches, with his rifle resting on the parapet ready for use; he turned for a moment to talk to his sergeant, and just at that instant a German sniper's bullet struck the butt of his rifle. The official news of Pte. Nutter's death was received on Wednesday night by his parents at 289, Brunswick-street, Nelson, in a letter from the Canadian Record Office, Green Arbour House, Old Bailey, London. Under date Sept. 12th, the Lieut.-Col. in charge of Records, Canadian Expeditionary Force, wrote:- "It is my painful duty to inform you that a report has this day been received notifying the death of (A36225) Pte. Edmund Nutter, 4th Batt., which occurred at No. 49 Casualty Clearing Station on the 4th September, 1916, and I am to express to you the sympathy and regret of the Militia Council at your loss. The cause of death was gunshot wound in the neck."
Deceased was formerly connected with the Young Men's Society and Sunday School at St. Paul's, Little Marsden; and the young men's class have, through their leader, communicated an expression of their sympathy with the bereaved family.