BORN HULL 1893. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM CARVER (1856-1912) & MATHILDA CROSS (1856-1935), OF 78, THOMAS STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A SAIL MAKER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED AT THE RECKITT’S KINGSTON SAWMILLS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/11/1915, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE, MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MATHILDA.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/05/1915 & 24/04/1917. HIS PHOTO WAS PUBLISHED IN THE RECKITTS MAGAZINE.
First name:
ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
2459
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/11/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
24
78, THOMAS STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
