Arthur Clifford Blunsden
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Sapper 494962
Parents: Arthur Henry and Ellen Esther Blunsden
Marital status: Married
Home address: 36 Two Mile Hill, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Joiner
Date of birth: 1894
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 15/02/1919
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Kingswood Wesley Methodist Burial Ground and commemorated at Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol. Not commemorated on a local memorial.
Age: 24
Further information:
Arthur was born in Kingswood and was the only son of a labourer. He had a younger sister Irene who was born 20 years after him. Arthur married Minnie Mabel Lucy Hawkins in the spring of 1916.
Arthur served in the Royal Engineers and died three months after the war had ended from septic pneumonia and cardiac failure. His death was registered in Bristol.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/