Name
Arthur Tight
28 December 1895
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/05/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
6/844
King's Royal Rifle Corps
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
I. B. 55.
France
Headstone Inscription
THY WILL BE DONE
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Codicote memorials
Pre War
Arthur Tight was born on 28 December 1895 in Bow, Middlesex, the son of William Henry and Alice Matilda Tight, and baptised on 6 May 1896 at St Stephen's, Tredegar Road, Bow. His father's occupation was given as labourer and the family were living at 22 Blondin Street. He was one of thirteen children, however four had died by 1911.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 44 Beale Street, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex, where his father was working as a Scaffold Maker. They remained in Plaistow in 1911 but had moved to 27 Beaufoy Road and Arthur was working as a labourer in a wood yard.
Arthur was working as a kitchen porter at the time of enlistment, his father was the proprietor of The Bull, High Street, Codicote, Welwyn. His parents later lived in 35 Kennedy Road, Barking, Essex.
Wartime Service
Arthur enlisted into the Army Reserve in March 1913 at Stratford, Middlesex and served in France from 24 November 1914.
He was wounded in action, repatriated to England and admitted to the London War Hospital, Epsom from 5 July to 6 August 1915 for gunshot wounds to the right arm and left cheek but recovered and was sent back to the front.
He was wounded again and died of gunshot wounds to the face, chest and abdomen on 26 May 1916 at No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station which was situated at Barlin. He was 20 years old.
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He is buried at Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Biography
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs A M Tight, 7 Surrey Road, Barking, Essex, ordered his headstone inscription: "THY WILL BE DONE A war gratuity of £8 and pay owing of £10 13s 3d was awarded to his mother Alice. Pension records exist but give no indication of the amount of pension received. His brother Frederick James who served with the 70th Territorial Reserve Battalion and 26th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, was discharged on 1 December 1916 and received a Silver Badge in January 1917. He died on 5 May 1920 in Woodbridge, Suffolk but is not named on the Codicote Memorial. He is buried at Barking (Rippleside) Cemetery, Essex. N.B. Arthur is also commemorated on brother Frederick's grave in Barking
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, Brenda Palmer
