BORN ROOS, 1898. ONLY SON OF ARTHUR AND PELONA NALTON, OF 10, WORTLEY STREET, BRUMBY, SCUNTHORPE (CWGC ADDRESS), 18, CLARENDON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL & LOCKINGTON POLICE STATION, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A POLICE CONSTABLE, IN LOCKINGTON, BEVERLEY. HE LIVED AT THE POLICE STATION, IN LOCKINGTON, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 203RD MOUNTED MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/04/1917, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER.
BURIED AT GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SWEETLY SLEEPING IN JESUS IS OUR LOVED ONE FROM FATHER & MOTHER”
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First name:
Arthur Edward
Military Number:
66366
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/04/1917
Place died:
Gorre British And Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
18, CLARENDON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
