Name
Arthur Loates
1891
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/09/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
16554
Bedfordshire Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Barkway Village Memorial, St Mary Magdalene Church Memorial, Barkway, Newsells Memorial Stone, Not on the Royston memorials
Pre War
Arthur Loates was born in Newsells village, Barkway, Hertfordshire in 1891, the son of Thomas and Susan Loates and one of ten children. He was baptised on 8 March 1891 at St Mary Magdalene Church, Barkway.
On the 1891 Census the family were living in Newsells village, Barkway, where his father was said to be 'ill on the parish', but two older brothers, John and Robert were working as agricultural labourers. His father died in 1893, aged 50, and on the 1901 Census he was living with his widowed mother, brothers John, Robert and Frederick, and aunt Lydia Slater. In 1911 he was living with his family at Newsells, His brother John was listed as head of the family, along with brothers Robert and Frederick, his mother and aunt Lydia. Arthur was then working as a farm labourer.
His mother died in 1916, aged 69 and aunt Lydia died in 1913, aged 86.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database records that he was born in Barkway, Herts. and was living in Royston, Herts. when he enlisted there.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Royston and joined the Bedfordshire Regiment, serving with the 8th Battalion in France from 30 August 1915.
Arthur was killed in action on 15 September 1916 in in an assault on the Quadrilateral during the Battle of the Somme. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Additional Information
His brother John received a war gratuity of £8 10s and pay owing of £4 12s 2d was divided equally between his brothers and sisters.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts, Malcolm Lennox
