BORN HULL 1894. ELDEST SON OF FREDERICK CAWKWELL & ANNIE SHARP, OF 33 NORTH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED WITH HIS FATHER AS A DOMESTIC GROOM, AT LITTLE LANE, WELBOURN, LICOLNSHIRE (1911 CENSUS). ALSO LIVED AND WORKED AT BEDALE, YORKSHIRE. ENLISTED ALDERSHOT. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/09/1918, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FRED.
HE IS BURIED AT DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “PEACE PERFECT PEACE WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY IN JESUS KEEPING WE ARE SAFE & THEY”
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
17878
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
30/09/1918
Place died:
DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, FRANCE
Age:
24
