26632, Private, Arthur Henry NASH
Aged 37
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Born in Newmarket in Q3-1878 [Newmarket 3b:548] to Henry and Elizabeth NASH, (née JACOBS) of 3 York Terrace, Exeter Road, Newmarket.
1881 census...Arthur [3] was at 3 York Terrace, Exeter Road, Newmarket with his father Henry [48], stableman born Brighton; his mother Elizabeth [46] born Stetchworth; brothers Alfred [25] stableman born Newmarket; William [22] stableman born Lambourn, Berks., and Francis [8] born Newmarket, plus his sisters Laura [17] and Annie [10] both born in Newmarket. 1891 census...Arthur [12] was at 1 Wharf Cottages, Granby Street, Newmarket with his parents and brother Frank (Francis). 1901 census...Arthur [22] was a domestic groom boarding with George and Susan Edwards in Newmarket Road, Moulton. His father died in 1909. 1911 census...Arthur [33] was living at Myrtle Cottage, Exeter Road, Newmarket with his widowed mother. |
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He enlisted in Bury St Edmunds.
In the August of 1916 the Pozieres area witnessed the severest fighting as British and Australian troops pushed doggedly towards Thiepval along the route of
the old German Second Line. A series of parallel trench lines was pushed out from Pozi&eagrave;res towards Thiepval and by the 8th August 7th Suffolks and other
troops of 12th (Eastern) Division occupied the fifth line of trenches – Fifth Avenue or Ration Trench. Here they were subjected to repeated and fierce German
flammenwerfer (flamethrowers)and bomb attacks, the War Diary reporting..... “ 2am - Hostile fire becomes very intense and enemy assaulted Ration Trench
unsuccessfully. 5am - Attack renewed and about 70 yards of Ration Trench captured by the enemy”. Later that evening and on into the early hours of the next
morning the trench was retaken, the Regimental History recording ..... “Capt Isham’s company attacked with great dash and gained an additional two hundred
yards.” The Suffolks lost 52 men killed on 9th August 1916, of which only 8 have known graves, the rest are named on the Thiepval Memorial Other 7th Battalion men from Newmarket killed this day were Glen Marshall and James Fordham |
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