Arthur William – Haddington – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 06/12/1917
Title
Arthur William – Haddington – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 06/12/1917
Initials / forenames
Arthur William
Surname
Haddington
Railway company
North Eastern Railway
Military unit
Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd/4th Battalion, B Company
Military rank
Corporal
Military number
202245
Railway department
York, Chief Mechanical Engineer's Dept
Railway job
Clerk
Date died
06/12/1917
Magazine reference
North Eastern Railway Magazine, Dec 1918 p227
Memorial
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval
Notes
Age 19, son of Joseph and Maria Elizabeth Haddington of 21 Norfolk Street, Bishopthorpe Road, York. Reported missing on 6 December 1917 and presumed killed on that date. During the evacuation of Bourlon Wood he was wounded by machine gun fire and unable to walk. Nothing further was heard of him. Enlisted on 10 May 1916 and after training in Ireland went to France on 24 February 1917.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; North Eastern Railway Magazine; Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
31/12/2015
Last updated
31/12/2015
Citation
“Arthur William – Haddington – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 06/12/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 15, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/54935.