BORN HULL 23/01/1893. SON OF DAVID AND HARRIET SCHRAMM, OF 58, MARMADUKE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) & 3,RYDEL TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THE SURNAME IS OF GERMAN/DUTCH ORIGIN. HIS FATHER WAS A SHIP’S STEWARD. ARTHUR ATTENDED TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL WITH BROTHERS JOHN HENRY AND DAVID SCHRAMM. HE LEFT SCHOOL ON 14/09/1907 AND JOINED THE GREAT NORTHERN FISHING COMPANY AS AN APPRENTICE. HIS ARMY RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS ALSO A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PORTER, LIVING AT 60 TADMAN STREET. ENLISTED HULL. HE SERVED AS CORPORAL, 28464, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT YPRES. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/10/1918, AGED 25.
ARTHUR SCHRAMM, IS LISTED IN SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS & AS ARTHUR “SHRAM” IN CWGC RECORDS.
THERE IS SOME CONFUSION AS HIS OLDER BROTHER JOHN HENRY SCHRAMM IS LISTED IN TRINITY HOUSE RECORDS AS DYING ON THE SAME DAY, IN THE SAME REGIMENT? JOHN HENRY SCHRAMM, IS RECORDED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE WW1 MEMORIAL, BUT ARTHUR SCHRAMM IS NOT?
