Arthur Fletcher
He was a cabinet maker and later a factory hand.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Arthur Fletcher was born in 1893 at Nottingham he was the son of Arthur Herbert Fletcher a shop assistant and Harriett Fletcher née Parr (died 1911).
His father was born at Lenton Nottingham in 1855 and his mother in 1865 also at Nottingham, they were married in 1884 at Nottingham and had a daughter Ethel Parr Fletcher who was born in 1890 at Nottingham and a further son Charles Fletcher born 1899 at Nottingham,
In 1901 census the family was living at 24 Wilford Grove Meadows Nottingham.
In 1911 Arthur Herbert and Ethel were visiting Elizabeth Fox at 166 Ashley Road Bournemouth whilst Arthur was living with three aunts Sarah, Lydia and Rebecca at 52 Neville Street Nottingham.
He was living at 36 Taylors Yard, Leenside, Nottingham.
Arthur Fletcher enlisted at Nottingham on 1st July 1913 into the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Special Reserve. He signed on for six years service and was posted to the 4th Battalion. He landed in France on 11th November 1914 and was killed in action on 10th February 1915, he is buried in Houplins Communal Cemetery Extension France Grave Reference: III B 2
His brother Driver 612085 Charles Fletcher Royal Field Artilery served during the Great War, he was discharged on 26th September 1918 with Tuberculosis and he died on 22nd October 1923.
This photograph was published in the Nottingham Evening Post on 3rd March 1915 and appears here courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.