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GEORGE ARNOTT
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ROBERT ARNOTT (1864-1944) OF 13, JOHS TERRACE, PARROTT STREET, HULL AND 1, INGRAM PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE FATHER WAS A HAWKER AND LABOURER WHO RAISED HIM UNTIL HE JOINED THE ARMY.
HE WAS A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER, SERVING WITH THE 2ND EYR (1911 CENSUS)
ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, 15/01/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (2ND HULL PALS BATTALION). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 09/11/1917, AGED 28, AT THE 19TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 08/12/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER, ERNEST.
BURIED: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun
NOYE, PRIVATE, JOHN WILLIAM, PLATTS, 13/642, 13TH EYR, FROM 5, INGRAM PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL, DIED SAME DAY IN THE SAME ATTACK.
Étrun 62161
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