BORN HULL 1885. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM AND SARAH ARNOLD, OF 23 NEWINGTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER TO ERNEST AND ALICE. HE MARRIED SARAH ELLEN WILSON, IN HULL, IN 1907. THEY LIVED AT 11 IVY GROVE, PULMAN STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN, ARTHUR AND DORIS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A GOODS MANAGER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 11/12/1915, AND MOBILIZED ON 27/04/1917, AGED 32 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 205759, THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS, PRIVATE, 79116, 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/04/1918, AGED 33. HE IS BURIED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS WIDOW, SARAH ELLEN, WAS GIVEN A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 25 SHILLINGS FOR HERSELF AND HER TWO CHILDREN
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 13/05/1918.
