BORN HULL 1879. SON OF WILLIAM ELLAM (1839-1903) AND ANN MARIA HERBERT (1840-1887).
HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN 1898 AND WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER.
MARRIED LOUISA MARTHA KEMP (1880-1970), IN 1906. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN, LIVING AT 1 ELM AVENUE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. THIS WAS HIS WIFE’S FAMILY HOME, WHERE HE WAS HOUSEKEEPER FOR HER PARENTS (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 6TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/07/1915. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW MARTHA AND CHILDREN.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
First name:
ARTHUR FOSTER
Military Number:
3/8165
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
16/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
37
