Born Beverley, October 1893. Son of Mrs. Martha Alice Andrew, of 40, Trinity Lane, Beverley, Yorks. He had five siblings. His father was a farm worker and when he died in 1897, his mother remarried.
Arthur was a Member of the Oddfellows Association. He worked as a tanner’s Labourer and for William Cussons grocery, Hull when war began.
He had served in the East Riding Yeomanry (Territorials), before the war and later served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and Palestine. He arrived in France in June 1918 where the 1st Battalion converted to the 102nd Machine Gun Corps. He was wounded by shrapnel, carrying ammunition to the front at Valenciennes, France. He died of wounds, on 26/10/1918, aged 25.
Buried at Auberchicourt British cemetery France. His grave Inscription, reads, “WORTHY OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE”
He is remembered at Beverley Minster, on the Hengate Memorial and on the Beverley Oddfellows, Roll of Honour at Beverley Memorial Hall.
| VM/BWM; Image in Yorkshire Heros Vol II; killed by shrapnel shell; buried at Auberchicourt British cemetery; Beverley Guardian 24/2/17 (photo), 9/11/18 & 23/11/18 (photo), member of the Oddfellows (Beverley), ERY ROH; Minster memorial; Hengate memorial; BG 9/11/18 notes he had been on leave 3 weeks before his death |
