BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ROBERT (1854-1924) & ANN WATKINSON (1855-1941) OF 11, FIELD STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. (HDM 08/08/1917). SON OF A CLERK AND TIMEKEPPER AT THE LOCAL OIL SEED MILL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM AND ONE SISTER, BEATRICE. EMPLOYED AS A RATE COLLECTOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/06/1916. SERVED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 12TH ROYAL SCOTS. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 03/08/1916, AGED 29.
HE MARRIED AT STONEYCROFT CHURCH, LANCASHIRE ON 14/06/1916. HIS WIFE MABEL KATE GIBBONS (1886-1975) MOVED TO FAIRHOLME, ESPLANADE, GRASSENDALE, LIVERPOOL.
First name:
ARTHUR
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
03/08/1916
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
29
11, FIELD STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
