BORN HULL OCT 1875. SON OF HENRY & BETSY (KNOTT) – 39 HARDWICK STREET. MARRIED AT ST JUDES, HULL, ON 02/09/1903. HIS WIFE ALICE ANN (GUEST) & SON, NORMAN LIVED AT 31 FALMOUTH STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). A FORMER GRAIN CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/03/1916, AGED 40. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, THREE TATTOO MARKS ON LEFT FOREARM. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25655, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 06/12/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN AIR RAID ON ETAPLES, ON 19/05/1918, AGED 42.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW. THEY INCLUDED LETTERS, DICTIONARY, SOLDIER’S DIARY AND PIPE. HE ALSO LEFT £341 IN HIS WILL TO ALICE.
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
79268
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/05/1918
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
42
