Name
Arthur Joseph Bradney Shaw-Hellier
26 September 1886
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/08/1915
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
South Staffordshire Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HELLES MEMORIAL
Panel 134 to 136.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock, Individual plaque in St Mary the Virgin Church, Baldock, Haileybury College Memorial, Hertford Heath, Haileybury College Chapel Roll of Honour, Hertford Heath, Stained glass window, St Benedict Biscop Church, Wombourne, Wolverhampton
Pre War
Arthur Joseph Bradney Simpson (later changed to Shaw-Hellier) was born on 26 September 1886 in Baldock, Hertfordshire, the son of Evelyn Simpson and Fanny Emily Agnes Simpson (nee Phillips) and was baptised on 27 November 1886 in Baldock.
On the 1891 Census he was recorded as living with his grandparents, Joseph and Mary Ann Phillips, his aunt Mary and uncles Charles and Ernest, at 16 Water Street, Stamford, Northamptonshire. His grandfather was employed as a solicitor and brewer. By 1901 he was back with his parents, brother Arthur and sisters Evelyn and Dorothy and living at The Brewery House, Baldock, Herts, where his father was working as a brewer. Also living with them was his aunt Mary Phillips, eight servants and a governess.
He was educated at Haileybury College, Hertford.
His parents later gave their address as The Wombourne Wodehouse, Wolverhampton.
Wartime Service
Arthur was listed as a 2nd Lieutenant in the London Gazette of 21 August 1914. He was promoted to Lieutenant from 28 January 1915, serving with the 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. The Battalion moved to Belton Park, Grantham for training then Frensham in April 1915. They landed near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay on 7 August 1915.
Arthur was killed in action on 9 August 1915 at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli, aged 28. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Additional Information
His father obtained probate of his estate in London on 6 March 1916 with effects of £8441 8s 0d. He received pay owing of £42 3s 1d.
N.B. His father inherited the estate of his uncle Thomas Bradney Shaw-Hellier in 1910, which is when the family changed the surname from Simpson. The family home then became The Wodehouse, Wombourne, Staffordshire (now Grade II listed).
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
