BORN HULL 1896. BORN ARTHUR PRINCE. SON OF MARY HORNBY (1862-1918) AND FOSTER FATHER, ZACHARIA HORNBY (1857-1922), OF 42 , BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO STEP BOTHERS AND ONE STEP SISTER. HIS STEPFATHER WAS A TUG BOAT CAPTAIN. ARTHUR WORKED AS A CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST,
ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 07/06/1915. JOINED THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/05/1916. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 1388, 10TH EYR. DISCHARGED AS UNFIT, ON 18/12/1916. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 1 YEAR AND 195 DAYS,
HE DIED OF CONSUMPTION CONTRACTED IN FRANCE, ON 26/11/1917, AGED 21. BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETRY HULL. HIS MOTHER DIED SHORTLY AFTER.
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
28118
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/11/1917
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
21
