Private Arthur William Fensome

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1888

Date of Death

27 Sep 1916

War time / or Pre War occupation

Dyer

Employer

Bracey Bros, John Street, Luton

Service Number

6485

Place of Birth

Stopsley
United Kingdom

World War I Address

Ramridge End Lane
Stopsley
United Kingdom

Place of Death

Somme
France

Grave Location

Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
France

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Source

The Luton News/Saturday Telegraph , 7th October 1916

 

Pte Arthur William Fensome, 6485, 71st Company Machine Gun Corps, died on September 27th, 1916, from wounds sustained on the Somme.

Born in 1888, he was the eldest of ten children of Samuel Fensome and his wife Ellen (nee Summerfield), of Ramridge End Lane [now Ashcroft Road], Stopsley. He enlisted in 1915, having previously worked for Bracey Bros, dyers, of 28 John Street, Luton.

The Rev E. Milner White, Chaplain of the 2nd Stationary Hospital in France, wrote that Pte Fensome had died in the hospital from stomach wounds. "He had some pain to begin with, but the end was peaceful," the Chaplain wrote. "He was buried September 29th in the lovely cemetery of Abbeville with military honours and church service. French people laid flowers on his grave."

 

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Author: Deejaya

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