Hall, Arthur Rowland

Arthur Rowland was born between April and June 1893 and baptised on 11th June 1893 at St. Nicholas Church. He was the fourth of five children born to William, a wheelwright from Daventry and Sarah who was born in Fringford, Oxfordshire. All five children were born in Warwick.

At the time of the 1901 census, the family was living at 15 Guy Street, Warwick and in the 1911 census they were living at No. 26. Arthur appears in the 1911 census under his second name, Rowland. His older brothers, Percival William (23) and Leslie (20) were working as a ‘relieving officer’s assistant’ and an architect’s clerk and his older sister Elsie (21) was working from home as a milliner on her own account. Arthur Rowland (17) was working as an outfitter’s assistant. The youngest son, Reginald James, aged 13, was still at school.

Warwick Advertiser 27th October 1917

Here is the Roll of Honour entry that appeared on the same day:

Arthur’s brother Reginald also fought in the war in the near east with the Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.  He joined up in November 1915 and was discharged in May 1919. He died in Warwick in 1923 aged 24.