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ARTHUR HILL CASELTON

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Rank
Private
Regiment
7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT C COMPANY
Military Number
11032
Address
29 Warwick Street, Hull
Kingston upon Hull HU9 1ET
England
Background

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM HILL & SARAH JANE CASELTON, OF 2, WARWICK TERRACE AND 29, WARWICK STREET, EAST HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).

HE WORKED AT THE CITY SAWMILL, HEDON ROAD, HULL.

HE ENLISTED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TOFRANCE ON 3RD SEPTMEBER 1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT FRICOURT, ON 01/07/1916, AGED 22.

HIS DEATH WAS RECORDED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 18/07/1916. *

HIS BROTHER, CHARLES CASELTON, HAD DIED ON 28/07/1915 AGED 5 YRS. HIS OTHER BROTHER, PRIVATE, WILLIAM CASELTON, SERVED IN FRANCE.

ARTHUR HILL CASELTON IS RECORDED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, ROLL OF HONOUR, LOWGATE, HULL. (HIS SURNAME IS SPELT CASTLETON)

Date Died
01/07/1916
Died
Fricourt New Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age
22
Memorial
Fricourt 80300
Hauts-de-France

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