Arthur Stamper
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Arthur Stamper was born in 1896 at Newark and was the only child of Fred a bricklayer and Elizabeth Stamper née Smith of 13 Parliament Street, Newark. His father Fred was born in 1867 at Coningsby, Lincolnshire and his mother Elizabeth Smith was born in 1866 at Newark, they were married in 1895 at Newark. In the 1911 census the family are living at 10 Victoria Terrace, Newark and are shown as Fred 44 yrs a bricklayer, he is living with his wife Elizabeth 45 yrs a tailoress and their son Arthur 15 yrs a scholar, also living at the address is a boarder John Henry Payne 70 yrs a boot maker.
Lance Corporal Arthur Stamper enlisted at Newark on 23rd December 1914, he initially served with the service number 3427 with the 1/8th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). He landed in France on 18th August 1915 and was wounded at Loos in October 1915. He was once again wounded at Ypres in July 1916 and returned to England where he was treated at hospital in Manchester. He once again returned to the Western Front and was serving with the 2/4th battalion Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry when he was killed in action on 22nd August 1917. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West -Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Article published 26th December 1917 in the Newark Advertiser :- Only child of Mr & Mrs F. Stamper, 13 Parliament Street, Newark. Attended Christ Church School before working as an errand boy with Mr Whiles, Stodman Street. Afterwards apprentice to turning and fitting, at Messrs. Simpsons. Joined the local Territorials on Dec. 23rd, 1914 and went to France in August 1915. Wounded in the head at Loos on October 16th, 1915. Again wounded in July 1916 at Ypres, treated in Manchester Hospital. Last home on leave in January and out again in February, after which transferred to the Oxfordshire & Bucks. Light Infantry.
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