Name
Arthur Bristow
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Very little information has been found in the Parish Records for Arthur Bristow. The Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour listed Arthur Bristow for the first time in October 1917, serving with the Royal Navy. His record was listed in the Parish Magazine, unchanged, through to the end of the War. Albert and William Bristow were also listed from September 1917, serving with the Royal Navy and the Army Service Corps. It is not known if these men were related, or what their connection was to Abbots Langley.
A possible link was with the family of William and Ann Bristow from the Portsmouth area. William was employed as a Skilled Dockyard Labourer from the 1891 Census onwards. William and Ann had fours and a daughter, and three of their sons were named Albert Henry, William Dugelby and Arthur Thomas. In addition they had associations with the Navy and Army in line with the 1917 details listed in the Abbots Langley Roll of Honour – Albert and Arthur with the Navy, and William with the Army.
Arthur Thomas Bristow was born in 1887 at Southsea. He married Alice May Maddren at Portsmouth in the Autumn of 1909. In the 1911 Census Arthur was listed serving with the Royal Marine Artillery (RMA) and the couple lived at 15 Crown Street, Landport, near Portsmouth Harbour. Arthur had enlisted with the RMA on 28th October 1902.
Arthur Bristow was recorded from October 1917 through to the end of the War in the Abbots Langley Parish Roll of Honour, and it is not known who provided information to the compilers of the List, or Arthur’s association with Abbots Langley.
Albert Bristow survived the War.
Additional Information
Rank unknown
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
