BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOHN OMER AND FRANCES EMMA ROBINSON, LIVING AT 14 MAY AVENUE, BEDFORD STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL HE WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1897. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1919. MANY MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WORKED FOR RECKITT’S AND COLMAN, IN HULL.
BEFORE THE WAR, ARTHUR WAS A GENERAL LABOURER AND GREENGROCER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1906. HIS WIFE WAS LILY (MILLS) OMER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY NO: 4253, OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL TANK CORP, 1ST BRIGADE, BATTALION HEADQUARTERS. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 30/11/1917, AGED 32.
HE LEFT A WIDOW, LILY MILLS AND THREE YOUNG CHILDREN, FRANCES CHARLOTTE OMER, ARTHUR OMER AND LEONARD OMER, AT 14, MAY AVENUE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS WIFE, LILY.
HE IS BURIED AT GREVELLIERS BRITISH CEMETERY IN BELGIUM.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY MEMORIAL AT HULL’S HOLY TRINITY CHURCH.
Thank you to Carol Omer for the above information, (mailto:carol.omer@gmail.com) sent: 15 July 2017
