Waudby, Arthur

Sgt, Arthur Waudby, 1st EYR

BORN HULL 1878. HULL PAL. SON OF ARTHUR & GERTRUDE WAUDBY, OF 19, BLUE BELL ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL.

HIS WIFE, EMMA ALICE WAUDBY, LIVED AT 4, ALMA PLACE,  AND 1 EMERALD TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A MARINE ENGINEER FOR THE KINGSTON STEAM TRAWLER COMPANY AND FOR THOMAS WILSON AND SONS.

HE SERVED AS SERGEANT, IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON THE 15TH JANUARY 1918. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 15TH FEBRUARY 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *.
HE IS BURIED AT EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT”


First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
14/164
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
15/01/1918
Place died:
Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France
Age:
40
4, ALMA PLACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK