BORN HULL 06/09/1895. SON OFGEORGE & RUTH MOWFORTH LIVED AT 13 PRINCE DOCKSIDE AND 40 LOUIS STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR MR WILLIAM SUMPTON, CONTRACTOR, ON HULL DOCKS. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AT SALONIKA, ON 01/06/1917, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 12/06/1917. *
BURIED AT SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, KRISTON, GREECE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND’S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD”
Thank you to Jackie Carlton who supplied the additional information on 8/4/15.
Further information regarding Arthur Mowforth
20 Mar 1914 Agency’s report Labourer at the slate works, Neptune Street, Hessle Rd, Hull
20 Jun 1914 Change of address; 94 Freehold Street, Spring Bank, Hull. Works as a sander in the polishing room of the British Slate and Marble Works, Neptune Street, Hull 9/- weekly
26 Oct 1914 Employer same as June, Home address same, wages 9/- week
14 Dec 1916 Private A. Mowforth “H” Coy, Hut 12, East Yorkshire Regiment, South Dalton, Beverley, Hull.
Hull Daily Mail – Tuesday 12th June 1917 -21, E.Y.R. son of Mrs Ruth Mowforth, 40 Louis Street, Hull who died from his wounds received in action in Salonika on June 1st 1917. previous to joining the colours he worked for Wm Sumpton, contractor on the Hull Docks.
Hull Daily Mail 20th June 1917 War Casualties, Local names in latest lists (All Hull names unless stated) Died of wounds, East Yorkshire Regiment – Mowforth 33347, M (mistakenly typed as M instead of A)
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills – Arthur Mowforth Regimental number:33347, Date of death:1 June 1917
