BORN SOUTHCOATES, HULL, 13/04/1894, AT 15 COURTNEY STREET, HULL. SON OF PAUL ROBERT PENTON (1866-1940) AND ANNIE BEKIELEWSKI (1868-1901), OF 7, MODEL AVENUE, TEMPLE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 2, ARGLYLE STREET, HULL AND 8, HAMPTON VILLAS, ARGYLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN NORWICH. HIS MOTHER CAME FROM POLAND. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS.
WORKED AS A PAPER MILL CROPPER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 11/1059, 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 6TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/12/1917, AGED 23. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, PAUL AT 8 HAMPDEN VILLAS, ARGYLL STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS).
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, FRANCE.
First name:
EDWARD ARTHUR
Military Number:
42574
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/12/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
