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Cpl. John Lutjen
British Army 2/7th Battalion London Regiment
from:246 Grange Road, Canning Town
(d.8th Sep 1918)
John Lutjen was the son of a German father and English mother. He was born on 18th August 1893 and lived in Canning Town for all his life until he joined the 2/7th Battalion, The London Regiment sometime during the early part of 1916. His unit arrived in France on 27th January 1917 and he remained in theatre until his death on 8th September 1918 at Epehy. John Lutjen fought at Bullecourt, St Julien during the Second Battle of Ypres, Malard Wood and finally Epehy. He survived being buried when a shell hit his trench at Bullecourt, weathered two gas attacks and a bout of Spanish flu, not to mention numerous bombardments and close quarter battles. Because of a manuscript error following his death his correct name did not appear on any memorials neither was he correctly identified in the official records. This was brought to the attention of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 2009 and the record has since been put straight and his correct name restored to his gravestone in Epehy Farm Wood Cemetery.
