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ARTHUR CARVER

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Rank
Private
Regiment
14TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
Military Number
2459
Address
78 Thomas Street, Hull
Kingston upon Hull HU9 1EH
England
Background

BORN HULL 1893. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM CARVER (1856-1912) & MATHILDA CROSS (1856-1935), OF 78, THOMAS STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A SAIL MAKER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED AT THE RECKITT'S KINGSTON SAWMILLS.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/11/1915, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE, MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MATHILDA.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/05/1915 & 24/04/1917. HIS PHOTO WAS PUBLISHED IN THE RECKITTS MAGAZINE.

Date Died
24/11/1915
Died
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age
24
Memorial
Menenstraat
Ieper 8900
Vlaanderen

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