No.31571, Shoeing Smith Corporal, Arthur SEXTON
Aged 30
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Born in Bradfield St George (1st qtr 1884 Thingoe 4a:645 ) son of Arthur William and Jane SEXTON (née OSBORNE)
1891 census...Aged 7, he was at Bury Road, Bradfield St.George with his parents (mother now recorded as Lizzie [40]), brothers Frederick, Osborne and Bertie [11] born Bradfield St George. 1901 census...Aged 17 he was in the Army, possibly in South Africa, or in training ready to go there. His widower father was a boarder in Herringswell with Charles and Delimoretta PECK. His mother died in 1899 and father married Enfield born Eliza Frances BALLS (Thingoe 2nd qtr 1901 4a:1461) 1911 census...Aged 27 he may well be abroad in the Army. His father and stepmother were at 2 Friars lane, Bury St.Edmunds , later at 137 Kings Road, Bury St.Edmunds His brother Bertie died with him in France see here |
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As trooper 20217 Arthur Sexton in 44 (Suffolk) Company 12 Battalion Imperial Yeomanry he gained the Queen's South Africa medal with clasps for Cape Colony,
Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 which he is wearing in his photo here. He enlisted in Guernsey on 15th October 1900. Originally buried beside his brother at Chemin des Dames (death 14th) they were moved to Vailly in 1919. There are several dates recorded for his death, but the CWGC concentration card has 14th September for all five men moved from Chemin des Dames, including his brother, so presumably an entire gun crew. Even CWGC records are different. Brother Bertie's headstone has 14th inscribed, his is 15th.
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