Known as Jack Shutler he ran the Garage on Burley Street, with his two brothers also working in the village, one with a garage and the other livery stables.
Jack Shutler’s garage was used as the model for the “Jack Tucker’s Garage” display in the National Motor Museum at nearby Beaulieu. His house was used as the model for “Burley Street Garage” in the Lilliput Lane series of collectable models. The original garage building, a cart shed, was alongside his house, whereas the current one is over the road.
He married Mabel Brown in 1918 while still in the Army. His son John, who served in the RAF during the war, ran the Burley garage and petrol pumps in the centre of the village that later became a gift shop. He became chairman of the Parish Council in the 1960s.
Jack was a cousin of the Warwick family from Somerley Patrol.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Patrol | Patrol Leader | 18 Sep 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
Motor engineer & garage owner
He was in Army Service Corps - Motor Transport depot in WW1, service number 152249. He served in Kenya. Jack kept a diary of the East African Campaign during which he often drove General Smuts and which is now part of the Archives of the Imperial War Museum in London.
He was also known as William John Shutler in some records.
TNA ref WO 199/3391
Hancock data held at B.R.A
1939 Register
New Milton Advertiser 7 Sep 1996
Daily Mirror 25 Nov 1963
Ancestry
Nigel Warwick