Stuttaford, Michael Charles, son of Charles Stuttaford and his second wife Nora Porter; half brother of Cyril Stuttaford (qv); b. 29 Sept. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left July 1937; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1937 (postmaster); Bombardier RA; d. 6 June 1944 in Palembang p.o.w. camp, Sumatra.
Michael Charles Stuttaford was born at Hampstead, London on the 29th of September 1918 the elder son of Charles Stuttaford, a gentleman, and his second wife, Nora Kathleen (nee Porter) Stuttaford of 34, Belsize Park Gardens, Hampstead. He was christened at All Saints Church, Knightsbridge on the 21st of November 1918. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from September 1932 to July 1937 where he won the Marshall Memorial Prize (Class VI) in 1935 and was a member of the Fencing team in 1936. He matriculated for Merton College, Oxford on a Postmastership in 1937 from where he where he graduated with a BA. Has Captain of the Oxford University Fencing Team in 1940.
He enlisted as a Gunner in the Royal Artillery and was rose to the rank of Bombardier.
He was captured by the Japanese at Tasikmalaya, Java on the 8th of March 1942 following the surrender of the Allied forces there.
He died at Palembang in Sumatra.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Merton College, Oxford.
He is buried at Jakarta War Cemetery Plot 4, Row A, Grave 13.