BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ALFRED & SARAH ANN GOODRUM, OF 3 VICTORIA SQUARE, ELLA STREET, & THIS ADDRESS. SON OF A POLICE INSPECTOR. THIRD OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A BUTTER SHOP ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN GAINSBROUGH. LIVED IN HULL. HE SERVED WITH THE 4TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/03/1918, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ALFRED.
First name:
ARTHUR GORDON
Military Number:
202005
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
