Arthur Ernest Medhurst
Service Number
148136
Military Unit
Bomber Command Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of birth
16 Mar 1876
Date of Death
26 Oct 1919 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
Leicester
Employment, Education or Hobbies
In 1911 he was an iron box fitter in an iron works.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
Arthur Ernest was born in 1876 the son of Messiah and Amy Medhurst. He was married to Harriet Twells in 1904, their marriage was recorded in the Shardlow registration area. In 1911 they lived at 18 Nottingham Road Stapleford Nottinghamshire.
Military History
Arthur Ernest Medhurst served as an air mechanic 3rd class with the Royal Air Force, he was discharged on 26th February 1919 and died on 26th October 1919 (Pension record cards)
No CWGC or SDGW records. However the headstone on his grave at Stapleford Cemetery states Medhurst died of gas poisoning in a Nottingham hospital on 26th October 1919.
Peter Gillings
Extra Information
Additional Research by David Nunn
Photographs
Arthur Ernest Medhurst
The family grave of the Medhurst family commemorating Arthur Ernest Medhurst at Stapleford cemetery, Nottingham.
Courtesy of Peter Gillings
Arthur Ernest Medhurst
The grave of Arthur Ernest Medhurst at Stapleford Cemetery, Nottingham.
Courtesy of Peter Gillings