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ARTHUR CRAWFORD
Kingston upon Hull HU3 1HH
BORN HULL 1893. ELDEST SON OF JOHN & ALICE OF 3, KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL AND 117, REGENT STREET , HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 4, PRETORIA AVENUE, SEYMOUR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
SON OF AN OIL MILLER. HE WORKED AS A CORPORATION PORTER AND FOR THE RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS DRIVER, 1709 & 755942, 32ND BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED IN ALEXANDRIA, ON 28/02/1919, AGED 25. BURIED AT KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, EGYPT.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, MAGGIE, ROY, CHARLES, NORA AND ALICE. HIS BROTHER, ARTHUR CRAWFORD, ROYAL NAVY, LIVED AT 22, REGENT STREET, HULL
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