BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM ARTHUR & MARTHA ARNOLD, OF 86 GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL. AN IRON MOULDER. MARRIED AT HULL IN 1913. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE, MARTHA ANDERSON ARNOLD (1891-1975), AT 3 CHESTNUT AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND AT 7 FANNY’S TERRACE, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (THIS CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO SONS, WILIAM AND JAMES WHO DIED IN 1918, AGED 2.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN ‘W’ COMPANY, OF THE 15TH TRENCH MORTAR BATTALION, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/03/1917, AGED 23.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW, MARTHA AND CHILDREN.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/06/1917 AND 27/04/1917.
First name:
WILLIAM ARTHUR
Military Number:
761289
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
29/03/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
