Arthur Edward Mower
Memorial: Falfield - St George's Church
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Sapper 57966 WR/286019
Marital status: Married
Home address: Moorslade Lane, Falfield
Pre-war occupation: Plate layer for the Severn & Wye Midland and GWR Midland
Date of birth: 1881
Place of birth: Pontypridd
Date of death: 02/03/1919
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried in the Haifa War cemetery, Haifa, Israel. Plot No: A.58.
Further information:
272nd Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers.
Married Sarah Hill from Stinchcombe in 1909. They had three children Edwin Arthur born 09/02/1910 and Mary Eileen born 19/08/1913 and Ronald William James born 08/12/1915. There are records of Eileen and Ronald being baptised in St George’s Church, Falfield.
The 1911 census records Arthur, Sarah and Edwin living with Sarah's uncle, William Hill age 83 at Newport, Nr Berkeley. The 1911 census and the baptism record for Mary Eileen records Arthur's profession as a Plate layer for the Severn & Wye Midland and GWR Midland. At the time Mary Eileen was baptised the family were living in Moorslade Lane, Falfield. Arthur and Sarah also had a son Ronald William James who was baptised in Falfield on 29th September 1916. In the left hand column of the register the date born has been enter at 8th December 1916 and in fact should be 8th December 1915.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Falfield Village website