BORN HULL 1887. SON OF RICAHRD MOAT (1848-1902) & EMMA OXTOBY (1854-1926), OF 103. MANCHESTER STREET, HULL. HE WAS A BUTCHER.
HE MARRIED MABEL MAY GILBERT (1893-1953), AT HULL, IN 1915. HE WIFE, MABEL MAY, LIVED AT 22, HAMPSHIRE STREET, GIPSYVILLE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 6, SANDLEMERE AVENUE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 32ND HULL AMMUNITION COLUMN, A ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY UNIT CREATED IN HULL.
HE DIED OF BURNS AND “TRENCH FEET”, ON 19/12/1916, AGED 28, AT THE 11TH GENERAL HOSPITAL. HE IS BURIED AT ETAPLES, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MABEL.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
14855
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
19/12/1916
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
