BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM MORTIMER & MARY ELLEN (NELLY) GARFORTH, OF 185, ELLA STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & AT 65, PROSPECT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2835 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT CARLISLE, ON 06/04/1918, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, NELLIE.
NB: HIS OLDER BROTHER, PTE, HERBERT EDWARD, MACHINE GUN CORPS, LIVED AT, 12, WILBERFORCE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL
First name:
ARTHUR JAMES
Military Number:
125597
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/04/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
19
