BORN HULL 1888. SON OF HENRY BOWSER DOOKS. AND MARY ELIZABETH DOOKS. WORKED AS A GLASS BLOWER IN SHIPLEY, YORKS. ENLISTED PENDLETON. EX 11286 SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 07/08/1915, AGED 27. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 11TH AUGUST 1915. *
HIS BROTHERS ALSO LIVED AT 16 YORK STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL – PTE, ALBERT DOOKS, 11286 SOUTH LANCS & CPL., HENRY DOOKS, 42747 WYR, WOUNDED 1915 & MISSING 27/03/1918. HIS STORY WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 06/05/1918.
First name:
ARTHUR EDWARD
Military Number:
49310
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
27
16 , YORK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
