No. R/15497, Rifleman, Arthur Edward BARBER
Aged 19
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Born in Newmarket in Q2-1897 [Newmarket 3b:510], one of 8 children of John Thomas and Emma BARBER (née CANHAM), of 29 Turf Terrace, Lower Station Road,
(now All Saints Road) Newmarket. 1901 census...At 29 Turf Terrace were Arthur E [3]; his father John T [41], stonemason, born Newmarket; his mother Emma [39], born Soham; his brothers John T [17], apprentice stonemason; William R [12] and Louis G [1] and their sisters Elizabeth M [14]; Harriett E [11]; Mabel [9] and Florence L [5] and two lodgers. All the children were born in Newmarket. 1911 census...Now at Stirling House, 13 Victoria Terrace, All Saints Road with Arthur ( an errand boy) were his parents; brothers John Thomas (stonemason); Lewis Gilbert (scholar) and sisters Harriett Emma, Mabel and Florrie, He enlisted in Melton Mowbray on 18th September 1915, at the time he was a footman, living at Stapleford Park, Melton Mowbray. He was working for Lord Gretton , a wealthy brewer of the firm Bass, Ratcliffe and Gretton. On the pension card (1919) his mother was still in All Saints Road, Newmarket. |
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He gave his age on enlistment as 19 yrs 153 days and was 5' 8 1/4" (173.3 cm)tall and weighed 120 lbs (54.6 kg). He was posted to France on 25th February 1916 and was wounded
(gun shot wound to leg) in action on 15th September 1916. Admitted to Rouen Hospital ( which one is not legible on his records) on 17th September, he died on
24th October, 1916 click here to go to a detailed account of the Battalions actions the day
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