Name
Arthur Patrick Mayo
1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/09/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
46226
Rifle Brigade
1st Bn.
'B' Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
V. F. 17
France
Headstone Inscription
EXCELSIOR
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Baldock memorials. James the Great Churchyard Memorial, Friern Barnet
Pre War
Arthur Patrick Mayo was born in 1899 in Orwell, Suffolk, the son of Gertrude Mayo, and was baptised on 26 May 1901 at Bucklesham, Suffolk. They were said to be living at Walton on the Naze, although on the 1901 Census Arthur was listed as a one year old boarder at the home of Frederick and Phoeby Brown, a gardener, at Finners Drift, Nacton, Suffolk.
His mother married Thomas Collins in early 1904 at St James the Great Church in Friern Barnet, prior to his stepfather being posted to India. On the 1911 Census he was listed with the surname of Mayo Collins as a stepson, with his mother, brother William (aged 6), and sisters Mary (2 months) and Evelyn (aged 4) and were all living in married quarters at Aldershot. N.B. William and Evelyn were born in India.
Arthur was said to be living in [New] Southgate, Middlesex at the time of enlistment. His foster mother gave her address on pension records as 63 Pembroke Road, New Southgate and his mother's address was shown on pension records as 104 Holly Park Road, New Southgate. His mother later lived at 12 Royston Road, Baldock, Herts.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Wood Green, Middlesex and joined the Rifle Brigade, serving with the 1st Battalion, B Company in France.
Arthur died on 1 September 1918, aged 19, and is buried in Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, France. (CWGC original records show date of death as 15 September 1918.)
Additional Information
Pension cards show foster mother Mrs Mary Tillcock of 65 Pembroke Road, New Southgate, London as dependant. She received 9 shillings a week. They also show his mother Gertrude Collins living at 104 Holly Park Road, New Southgate, London. His mother received a war gratuity of £3 and two payments of pay owing totalling £11 2s 9d.
His stepfather had served with the Bedfordshire Regiment for 18 years and was discharged as time expired in 1911, but recalled in 1914 at the age of 39. He was promoted to Corporal, then Sergeant and was attached to the Agricultural Company, Labour Corps.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
