Service No: 761289
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery, W Coy. 15th T M. Bty.
Son of William Arthur and Martha Arnold, of 86, Great Thornton St., Hessle Rd., Hull; Husband of Martha Arnold, of 7, Fannys Terrace, Redbourne St., Hessle Rd., Hull.
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ARNOLD William Arthur Gunner 761289 “W” Coy /15th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery 29/3/1917 aged 23 years. Killed in Action His body was never recovered Commemorated on the Arras Memorial France. Born 1894 Hull Enlisted Hull. Son of William Arthur & Martha Arnold of 86 Great Thornton Street Hessle Road Hull. His army effects went to his widow; Husband of Martha Arnold of 7 Fanny’s Terrace Redbourne Street Hull. An Iron Moulder by trade Listed in St. Barnaba’s Church Book of Remembrance (now kept at St. Matthew’s Church Anlaby Road Hull.). Hull Daily Mail 8/5/1917 -09/06/1917; The French handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the spring of 1916 and the system of tunnels upon which the town is built were used and developed in preparation for the major offensive planned for April 1917. The Arras Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7th August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory and have no known grave. The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918. Canadian and Australian servicemen killed in these operations are commemorated by memorials at Vimy and Villers-Bretonneux. A separate memorial remembers those killed in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917.
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery, W Coy. 15th T M. Bty.
Son of William Arthur and Martha Arnold, of 86, Great Thornton St., Hessle Rd., Hull; Husband of Martha Arnold, of 7, Fannys Terrace, Redbourne St., Hessle Rd., Hull.
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ARNOLD William Arthur Gunner 761289 “W” Coy /15th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery 29/3/1917 aged 23 years. Killed in Action His body was never recovered Commemorated on the Arras Memorial France. Born 1894 Hull Enlisted Hull. Son of William Arthur & Martha Arnold of 86 Great Thornton Street Hessle Road Hull. His army effects went to his widow; Husband of Martha Arnold of 7 Fanny’s Terrace Redbourne Street Hull. An Iron Moulder by trade Listed in St. Barnaba’s Church Book of Remembrance (now kept at St. Matthew’s Church Anlaby Road Hull.). Hull Daily Mail 8/5/1917 -09/06/1917; The French handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the spring of 1916 and the system of tunnels upon which the town is built were used and developed in preparation for the major offensive planned for April 1917. The Arras Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7th August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory and have no known grave. The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918. Canadian and Australian servicemen killed in these operations are commemorated by memorials at Vimy and Villers-Bretonneux. A separate memorial remembers those killed in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917.
Service No: 761289
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery, W Coy. 15th T M. Bty.
Son of William Arthur and Martha Arnold, of 86, Great Thornton St., Hessle Rd., Hull; Husband of Martha Arnold, of 7, Fannys Terrace, Redbourne St., Hessle Rd., Hull.
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ARNOLD William Arthur Gunner 761289 “W” Coy /15th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery 29/3/1917 aged 23 years. Killed in Action His body was never recovered Commemorated on the Arras Memorial France. Born 1894 Hull Enlisted Hull. Son of William Arthur & Martha Arnold of 86 Great Thornton Street Hessle Road Hull. His army effects went to his widow; Husband of Martha Arnold of 7 Fanny’s Terrace Redbourne Street Hull. An Iron Moulder by trade Listed in St. Barnaba’s Church Book of Remembrance (now kept at St. Matthew’s Church Anlaby Road Hull.). Hull Daily Mail 8/5/1917 -09/06/1917; The French handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the spring of 1916 and the system of tunnels upon which the town is built were used and developed in preparation for the major offensive planned for April 1917. The Arras Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7th August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory and have no known grave. The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918. Canadian and Australian servicemen killed in these operations are commemorated by memorials at Vimy and Villers-Bretonneux. A separate memorial remembers those killed in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917.
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery, W Coy. 15th T M. Bty.
Son of William Arthur and Martha Arnold, of 86, Great Thornton St., Hessle Rd., Hull; Husband of Martha Arnold, of 7, Fannys Terrace, Redbourne St., Hessle Rd., Hull.
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ARNOLD William Arthur Gunner 761289 “W” Coy /15th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery 29/3/1917 aged 23 years. Killed in Action His body was never recovered Commemorated on the Arras Memorial France. Born 1894 Hull Enlisted Hull. Son of William Arthur & Martha Arnold of 86 Great Thornton Street Hessle Road Hull. His army effects went to his widow; Husband of Martha Arnold of 7 Fanny’s Terrace Redbourne Street Hull. An Iron Moulder by trade Listed in St. Barnaba’s Church Book of Remembrance (now kept at St. Matthew’s Church Anlaby Road Hull.). Hull Daily Mail 8/5/1917 -09/06/1917; The French handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the spring of 1916 and the system of tunnels upon which the town is built were used and developed in preparation for the major offensive planned for April 1917. The Arras Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7th August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory and have no known grave. The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918. Canadian and Australian servicemen killed in these operations are commemorated by memorials at Vimy and Villers-Bretonneux. A separate memorial remembers those killed in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917.
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