Name
Arthur King
18 Jun 1879
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/04/1917
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
305206
Suffolk Yeomanry
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Searched but not found
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BURY ST. EDMUNDS CEMETERY
35. 123A.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN BY MOTHER, BROTHERS & SISTERS
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Bishops Stortford memorials
Pre War
Arthur was born in Bishop's Stortford on 18 Jun 1879 (baptised on 21 Sep 1887 at St Michael's Church, Bishop's Stortford, age 8) to James King, a hay binder, and Caroline (nee Lilley).
On the 1881 Census the family of Parents, David (born 1871). Alice (born 1872), John (born 1874), James (born 1877) and Arthur were living at Bells hill, Bishops Stortford.
On the 1891 Census the family had moved to Dane Street, Bishop Stortford and consisted of parents, Alice, John, James, Arthur, Bertie (born 1881), Louisa (born 1887) and Frederick (Freddy born 1886).
On the 1901 Census the family of parents, James, Arthur, Bertie (the brothers working as hay binders as was their father) and Louisa were living at Bramblefields, Stansted Road, Hockerill.
On the 1911 Census, Arthur was living with his widowed mother (father died in 1910) at Elm Grove, Bishop's Stortford, with James, Bertie, Freddie (all working as hay tyers (binders) and Louisa.
Wartime Service
No Service Record was found for William. He enlisted at Bishop's Stortford as Private 2723 with Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York’s Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars) as a Territorial Force soldier. He was probably posted to 2/1 battalion which in Jul 1916 was converted to a Cyclist Unit, and in Nov 1916 became 7th (Suffolk & Norfolk) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment. He acquired the Service Number 305206 in the renumbering of the Territorial Force in 1917.
Arthur died at the Military Hospital in Bury St Edmunds from concussion of the brain. There seems to be no record of how this occurred. No medal records have been found. His Unit did not serve overseas
Additional Information
His mother Caroline was awarded a War Gratuity of £3 and arrears of £1 5s 11d. She also applied for a pension which was initially refused as not eligible, however it seems likely she did receive 4 shillings a week from 4 December 1917.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer, Neil Cooper
