Name
Arthur Marriott
11 May 1891
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/09/1918
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
53307
Cheshire Regiment
1st/6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 61 to 63.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
St Lawrence Church Memorial Plaque, Bovingdon,
Memorial Hall Plaque, Bovingdon
Pre War
Arthur Marriott was born on 11 May 1891 in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, the son of John and Emma Marriott and one of six children. He was baptised at Bovingdon on 7 June 1891.
The family were living in Water Lane, Bovingdon in 1901 when his father was working as a ploughman on a farm and older brothers Charles and Fred were working as agricultural labourers. They remained living in Water Lane on the 1911 Census at which time Arthur was working as a farm labourer.
Three elder brothers and one sister emigrated to Canada.
His parents later lived at Penmans Green, Sarratt, nr Rickmansworth, Herts.
Wartime Service
Arthur enlisted on 11 Sep 1916 at Watford. initially serving with the Bedfordshire Regiment under Reg. No. 31735. He served at home from 18 November 1916 and was posted to the Base Depot in France on 7 February 1917.
He was transferred to the Welsh Regiment on 4 March 1917 and given the new reg. no. 55255. He joined his battalion in the field on 17 April 1917 and was attached to the 183rd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers in May, re-joining his original battalion in July.
He suffered a gunshot wound to his left ankle on 7 August 1917 and was repatriated to the UK for treatment, being admitted to hospital in Newcastle and later transferred to the Red Cross Hospital at Rode Hall, Scholar Green, Stoke on Trent. He was finally discharged on 3 November 1917.
He was sent back to France on 30 March 1918 and then transferred to the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment with the new Reg. No. 53307. On 17 June 1918 he was posted to the 1/6th Battalion.
Arthur was killed in action on 21 September 1918. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £8 10s and pay owing of £13 1s 3d. She also received a pension of 5 shillings a week. When she died in 1921 the pension was transferred to his father living at 293 St Albans Road, Watford, Herts
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Malcolm Lennox, Dick West
