BORN HORNSEA 1886. SON OF MICHAEL KEITH (1857-1915) AND SARAH AN GIBBS (1865-1938), OF 46, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HORNSEA (1911 CENSUS) & 79, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL (WAR PE,SION ADDRESS). SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
A FARM LABOURER IN SKIRLAUGH AND EX HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915, AGED 29 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 21/10/1916.
SERVED N THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. RECEIVED SHRAPNEL WOUNDS IN THIGH LEFT CHEEK AND RIGHT HAND, ON 08/03/1917. RETURNED TO SUFFOLK HOSPITAL, IPSWICH, ENGLAND ON 12/03/1917. RETURNED TO FRANCE, HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1917, AGED 31.
BURIED AT BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HERBERT KEITH, 26941, 1ST EYR, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 09/04/1917, AGED 28.
| Name | Arthur Keith |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hornsea |
| Death Date | 12 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | East Yorkshire Regiment |
| Battalion | 7th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 24674 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
