BORN WHITEHAVEN, CUMBERLAND 1889. SON OF JAMES FRANCIS TRAYNOR (1850-1898) & SARAH TRAYNOR OF 31, TERRY STREET, HULL. (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 12/05/1917). SON OF A PRINT COMPOSITOR. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 22449, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, TO THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/04/1917. AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH, AT 82, NEWSTEAD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS ELDER BROTHER, JOHN, SERVED IN THE NAVY AND WAS WOUNDED. ANOTHER BROTHER, BOMBARDIER, THOMAS LEO TRAYNOR, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, WAS DISABLED.
First name:
ARTHUR SYDNEY
Military Number:
36295
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
02/04/1917
Place died:
Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
