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Private

Arthur Flinders

Service Number 57707
Military Unit 18th Bn The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Date of birth 16 Oct 1887
Date of Death 27 Feb 1917 (29 Years Old)
Place of Birth Lenton
Employment, Education or Hobbies In 1911 he worked as a colour grinder for an ink manufacturer. He worked for 8 years for Atkin Brothers, Radford.
Family History

Arthur was the son of Herbert and Sarah Elizabeth Flinders née Wood. His father was born in 1863 at Radford and his mother in 1863 at Weedon in Buckinghamshire. They were married in Nottingham on 15th May 1887. Arthur's siblings, both born at Sheffield, were Herbert b.1889 and Albert b.1891. Herbert died in 1893 in Nottingham aged 30 and on 11th February 1889 Sarah married Albert Bolton. Sarah and Albert had five children all born in Nottingham: Thomas, Alma, Frank, Alec and Louis. In 1911 they lived at 1 Albion Terrace Standhill Road Carlton. Arthur married Gertrude Howitt in 1913 at Nottingham and they lived at 114 Montpelier Road Dunkirk Nottingham.

Military History

Arthur Flinders enlisted in Nottingham and served with North Midland Division Cycle Corps and then transferred to the 18th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment . He was shot by a sniper and killed.

Extra Information

Nottingham Evening Post notice (abridged) 10 March 1917: 'Flinders. Killed in action in February, Private Arthur Flinders of Dunkirk. Eight years with Atkin Brothers, Radford. Wife.' Avesnes-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension Grave Reference: IV B 19

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