BORN LEEDS, 17/08/1893. SON OF FRED HAINSWORTH (1866-1935)AND ETHEL COWLING (1869-1951), OF 22 GREENHOW AVENUE, BURLEY, LEEDS. HE HAD TWO SISTERS ELSIE AND LAURA, AND ONE BROTHER, FRED, WHO DIED AGED 6. ARTHUR WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE LETTER COMPOSITOR (1911 CENSUS).
MARRIED AT ST MATHIAS, BURLEY, LEEDS ON 27/11/1915. HUSBAND OF ALICIA JUBB (1894-1971), OF 1, RAGLAN AVENUE, RAGLAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION RECORDS).
HE ENLISTED AT LEEDS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 24565, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, “C” COMPANY, 12TH PLATOON. ON 17/02/1918 HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 10TH ENTRNCHING BATTALION. ON 09/04/1918, HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 23574, 6TH DORSET REGIMENT, ALONG WITH 65 OTHER RANKS AS REINFORCEMENTS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/04/1918, AGED 24. ONE OF 8 MEN KILLED, AT MESNIL, THAT DAY.
HE IS BURIED AT MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S ST JOHNS, NEWLAND CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL.
