Arthur Gilding
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Arthur was the son of Mrs Rose Gilding of 18 Wollaton Street. It is likely that Arthur married Maud Boylstone in 1916 (Jan/Feb/Mar). Maud was the daughter of William Boylston and in 1911 when she was 18, she was living with her widowed father at 1 Rutland Terrace, Bunbury Street, along with her siblings, Joseph, Leonard and Minnie. She had one other sibling who was not in the household on the night of the census; three other children had not survived childhood. At the time of her husband's death it appears that Maud and her mother-in-law, Rose Gilding, were living together at 18 Wollaton Street, Nottingham (notice in paper). Maud was Arthur's legatee.
CWGC record gives his date of death as 'between 14 September 1916 and 17 September 1916.' He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial (Panel Reference: Pier and Face 8 D). He qualified for the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged), 3 November 1916: ‘Gilding. Killed in action September 16th 1916, Private A Gilding Grenadier Guards, 18 Wollaton Street, age 22. Wife. Son of Mrs Gilding, 18 Wollaton Street.' Nottingham Post obituary (abridged), 3 November 1916: ‘Gilding. Killed in action September 16th 1916, Private A Gilding Grenadier Guards, 18 Wollaton Street, age 22. Wife. Son of Mrs Gilding, 18 Wollaton Street.'
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