BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN PHILIP WITHERS & CLEMENTIA HARROW WITHERS, OF 8 , WYKE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). DOCK TROLLEY DRIVER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 20/05/1915, AT RUE DE L’EPINETTE, AGED 20. BURIED: Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 19/06/1915. *
HE IS ALSO LISTED IN THE DE RUGVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 2.
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, JAMES WITHERS, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, WAS KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 31/08/1915.
First name:
ARTHUR PHILIP
Regiment:
Military Number:
12892
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/05/1915
Place died:
Cuinchy Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
8 , WYKE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
