STOKE ST MARY AND DISTRICT HISTORY GROUP

World War I

WILLIAM EDWARD ARNOLD

Parents:  Robert Arnold and Emily Augusta ARNOLD

89 Shoreditch, Taunton

Robert born 1857 in Up Lyme, Dorset

Emily born in 1858 in Huish, nr Crewkerne

Robert Arnold was a Carter living at Cherry Grove in 1891

And then in Shoreditch from 1901 until his death in 1919.

Emily died in 1929,

They had:-

Harriet Agnes born 1880 in Huish, Crewkerne

Joseph born 1885 in Huish [baptised 22 Mar 1885 in, Crewkerne]

Eli Frank Tett born 1887 in Woolminstone, Crewkerne baptised 20 Nov 1887 in Crewkerne

William Edward born 1891 in Stockbridge, Sherborne

Augusta May born 1894 in Preston Plunkett, baptised 16 Dec 1894 in Preston Plucknett

Sidney George born 1897 in Bickenhall

Edith Flossie born 1899 in Bickenhall

Before the war Sidney was employed on a golf course.

William was a groom gardener

WORLD WAR I

Eli Frank joined the [1/5], Somerset Light Infantry, Private, 241468

William Edward joined the West Somerset Yeomanary, 12th BN SLI, Corporal 1656, 295381

Sidney George joined the West Somerset Yeomanary, 12th BN SLI, Private, 1575, 295345

WILLIAM EDWARD ARNOLD

Died of wounds 17 September 1918

Age 27

It rather looks as if William Arnold died as a result of the German gas attack on the night of the 16/17th September.

Extract from the History of the West Somerset Yeomanry during World War I