BORN ROWLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, 1892. SON OF JOHN (1850-1901) & ANNIE E RHODES (1851-1916), OF LITTLE WEIGHTON, HULL. THE FOURTH OF EIGHT CHILDREN.
A JOINER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. JOINED AS A SAPPER IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/05/1918, AGED 26.
UNMARRIED. BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. HE LEFT £409 IN HIS WILL TO HIS SISTER, SARAH ELIZABETH RHODES AND WILLIAM RICHARDSON (ESTATE AGENT ) AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
HE IS BURIED AT RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “LOVED AND REMEMBERED BY ALL”
HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE ROWLEY WW1 MEMORIAL, LITTLE WEIGHTON, WITH 15 MEN FROM THE VILLAGE.
First name:
GEORGE ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
495230
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
23/05/1918
Place died:
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
26
10 ST. MARY TERRACE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING,, United Kingdom
Place Buried
