Stephen Sutton was born on 16 December 1994 in Burntwood, Staffordshire, England, UK. He died on 14 May 2014 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.
He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Teenage Cancer Trust Charity. He was a young fund-raiser in Staffordshire, England. The honor will be marked May 14, 2014 due to his death before the honors were officially announced a month later.