Arthur Edward Issott
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Father: Joseph Issott, deceased. Widow: Elizabeth, nee Bacon, married 1906. Children: Phyllis May, born 1907, Winifred Doris, born 1908 and Joseph Henry, born 1909. Lived at 4 Westfield Lane, Mansfield.
Enlisted 27/08/1914 into the Sherwood Foresters and transferred to RMLI on 16/09/1914. Died of wounds on board a hospital ship and was buried at sea..
'Kitchener's Marines' who were transferred from the Sherwood Foresters to the RMLI. Des Turner notes '600 RMLI transfers came from 2 regiments - 200 from the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) and 400 from the Sherwood Foresters. They were predominantly ex-miners and labourers, fit men wanted for their ability to dig trenches and tunnels. The 200 KOYLI recruits were transferred to Plymouth Division RMLI and were given service numbers PLY/1(S) to PLY200(S). This was also the case for the Sherwood Foresters 200 who were dispatched to Portsmouth where already 30 men were recruited and so they became PO/31(S) to PO/230(S). 200 remaining Foresters went to Chatham and were numbered CH/1 to CH/200(S).'
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