BORN COTTINGHAM 1899. SON OF GEORGE ARKSEY & JANE ANN LEADMAN, OF COTTINGHAM AND DUSWELL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 106961, SHERWOOD FORESTERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/6TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/04/1918, AGED 18. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, JANE LEADMAN.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS ALSO LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM AND DUNSWELL VILLAGE WAR MEMORIALS.
| Name | Arthur William Arksey |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Cottingham, Yorks |
| Death Date | 15 Apr 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s) Regiment |
| Battalion | 2/6th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 42871 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
ARTHUR WILLIAM
Military Number:
42871
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/04/1918
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
18
, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
