Arthur Herbert Painter
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 21876
Parents: William and Fanny (Nee Simmons) Painter
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: 13 Cooksley Road, Redfield, Bristol 1911 Census – The family lived St James Place, Mangotsfield, Bristol and on the 1901 Census – Bath Street, Staple Hill, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Cowman on Farm (1911 Census)
Date of birth: 1894
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 28/08/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grave – Commemorated Loos Memorial, France
Age: 22
Further information:
Arthur was born in 1894 (2nd Quarter), Mangotsfield, Bristol. On the 1911 Census, Arthur is recorded as Alfred. Arthur married Grace Gwendoline Ford at St James Church, Mangotsfield on 22 November 1914. Arthur and Grace did not have any children. Grace married again in 1922 (John Cook – Chipping Sodbury District).
Arthur served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment and was Killed in Action on 26/08/1916.
The rank shown on the Staple Hill Page Park Memorial is Dvr (Driver) which appears to be an error as records could not find any casualties with that rank and name combination.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.