BORN LONG RISTON, 1890. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF LEONARD WATSON ARKSEY AND EMILY MARIA DUNN. WORKED AS A RAILWAY CONTRACTOR’S LABOURER. MARRIED 1910 ANNIE HOWELLS, OF 19 FREEHOLD TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL AND OF COLLINGWOOD BRICKYARD, BARROW HAVEN, LINCS. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, MURIAL AND DORTHY, BORN 1913 AND 1916 RESPECTIVELY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 17/11/1914. REPORTING THAT BOTH PARENTS WERE DECEASED AND HE HAD NO BROTHERS OR SISTERS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 138 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST AND OF ‘GOOD’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, 08/03/1916. ATTACHED TO 257 TUNNELLING COMPANY, RE’S. POSTED TO THE 7TH EYR, ON 19/09/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 25/08/1918, AGED 29. HE HAD SERVED 3 YEARS AND 282 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECT WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE CRESSY.
BURIED: Fienvillers British Cemetery, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
