Private Arthur William Housden

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1894

Date of Death

24 May 1917

War time / or Pre War occupation

Railway porter

Employer

Great Northern Railway

Service Number

23606

Place of Birth

Biggleswade
United Kingdom

World War I Address

Warren Hill Lodge
New Mill End
Nr Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death

France

Grave Location

Etaples Military Cemetery
France

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Source

The Luton News , 31st May 1917
Pte Arthur William Housden

Pte Arthur William Housden, 23606, 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, died on May 24th, 1917, from wounds sustained in France.

He was admitted to hospital on May 2nd and underwent two operations. Both seemed to have been successful, although he could hardly see. But on May 18th the hospital Sister wrote that his condition had worsened, and on May 25th she wrote to Pte Housden's parents to say: "I regret to say your son died yesterday afternoon at 4.30 very peacefully. He was much worse in the night and quite unconscious towards the end, but did not suffer any pain."

Born in Biggleswade, Arthur Housden was the only son of Police Constable Albert William Housden and Mrs Lilla Housden, of Warren Hill Lodge, New Mill End, near Luton. In the 1911 Census, Arthur was described as a 16-year-old railway porter.

Individual Location

Pte Arthur William Housden

Author: Deejaya

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