BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOSEPH & MARY ELIZABETH RICHARDSON OF 159, GLASGOW STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 1 ALMA AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND ONE ELDER BROTHER, JOSEPH, WHO WAS A FISHERMAN.
ARTHUR SERVED ON THE STEAM SHIP “TITAN”. DIED OF A FRACTURED SKULL. REPORTED AS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT SEA, ON 29/04/1916, AGED 17, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL 29/04/1917.
HE LEFT SISTERS ADA, BEATRICE, LOUISA, IVY AND OLIVE.
NO CWGC RECORDS OF DEATH. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
115289
Rank:
Sailor
Date Died
29/04/1916
Place died:
Sea
Age:
17
1, ALMA AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
