Name
Arthur Stoten
9 January 1892
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/10/1915
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
142
London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
8th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
I. G. 73.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Baldock memorials
Pre War
Arthur Stoten was born on 9 January 1892 in Baldock, Herts the son of Frederick and Emily Stoten, and was baptised on 13 March 1892 in Baldock.
They moved to Hornsey, Middlesex and Arthur was educated at Crouch End County Council School. On the 1911 Census he was living at the home of his grandparents, James and Ann Stoten, at 21 Montague Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, at which time he was working as a baker for a confectioner. Meanwhile his mother and siblings Samuel, Lizzie, Louisa and Lily were living at 130 Campsbourne Road, Hornsey.
His father later lived at 36 North Terrace, Hermitage Road, Haringey, London, N14.
Wartime Service
He volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war and enlisted with the 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) on 7 August 1914, serving with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the 25/31 May 1915 (dates vary). He took part in many engagements including the Battle of Loos in September and was employed as a Bomb Thrower.
Arthur died of wounds received in action on 18 October 1915, aged 24, and is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, France.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £4 10s and pay owing of £3 17s 10d. A pension card exists with his father as dependant but gives no indication of the amount of pension paid, if any.
His uncle, Mr W E Randolph of 130 Inderwick Road, Hornsey was shown as next of kin on the CWGC website.
His brother Samuel served with the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment and had a toe amputated in France in December 1914 but survived the war.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners, Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
