BORN WINTERTON, LINCS, 1889. SON OF THOMAS (1831-1893) AND MARTHA RHODES (1847-1922), OF 166 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A GROCER.
HE MARRIED GERTRUDE BRADLEY AT SCULCOATES IN 1913. THEY LIVED AT 17, AUCKLAND AVENUE, HULL AND 5, RAGLAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/7TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/04/1918, AGED 29.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, GERTRUDE. SHE RE-MARRIED AND BECAME MRS EWBANK.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 13/11/1919.
HE IS BURIED AT RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX. HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWLAND, CLOUGH ROAD, HULL.
First name:
ARTHUR JOHN
Military Number:
6113, 267839
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
18/04/1918
Place died:
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France.
Age:
29
5, RAGLAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
