Name
Arthur James Harwood
1893
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/01/1918
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
27099
Northamptonshire Regiment
"D" Company, 6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
XV. H. 21.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
PEACE PERFECT PEACE WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY REST IN PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Pre War
Arthur James Harwood was born in 1893 in Baldock, Hertfordshire, the son of Lizzie Harwood.
On the 1901 Census Arthur was living with his widowed grandmother Esther and his mother at Norton Street, Baldock. They remained in Norton Street in 1911 at which time Arthur was assisting his mother in a grocery business.
He married Elizabeth Maud Milton in early 1915 in the Biggleswade district.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in July 1916 and went to France in December of that year. In September 1917 he was sent home with a poisoned hand but on recovery was returned to the trenches in December.
Arthur died of his wounds at the No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station on 13 January 1918, aged 24.
Additional Information
His widow received a war gratuity of £6 and pay owing of £7 5s 5d. She also received a pension of £1 0s 5d a week and gave her address as Upper Caldecote, Biggleswade, Beds.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
