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n late 1891 in Peterborough, Arthur was the son of Joseph
and Mary Emerton.
His father ran a large tailor’s and outfitters in Bridge Street,
Peterborough. Arthur was the sixth of seven children in the
family.
By 1911 they had moved to the country and lived at West
Hay Farm at Kings Cliffe with the help of two servants. Arthur
was now 19 and working as a horse keeper. When the army
moved to conscription in 1916 he joined the Northamptonshire
Regiment and went out to France in February 1917, just as the
Americans entered the war. Three months later, and probably
during the battle of Arras, he went missing. He was not seen
again and it was concluded that he had died.
Stamford & Rutland News 27th March 1918. –
“Kings Cliffe. Missing. Concluded to be Dead – His numerous friends
will be sorry to hear that Private A M Emerton, son of Mr J Emerton
of Broad Street, Peterborough and West Hay, Kings Cliffe, who was
previously reported as having been missing since May 2nd 1917, is
now officially concluded to be dead. He joined the Army in 1916 and
went to France the following February. Deep sympathy is felt for his
sorrowing relatives.”
In the index of UK soldiers died in the Great War 1914 – 1919,
he is described as “killed in action, 3rd May 1917 in the Western
European Theatre.”
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial at Faubourg-D’Amiens
Cemetery at Arras. Part VII, Roll No. 31274_184893.
FITZHUGH Frederick Stanley
Private 43670 4th Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales
Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Private 71100 87th T.R. Battalion
Frederick Fitzhugh was born 1899 in West Haddon, to William
and Harriett Fitzhugh.
He signed up at Glen Parva, Leicestershire, when he was living
at Swinford near Rugby.
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and Mary Emerton.
His father ran a large tailor’s and outfitters in Bridge Street,
Peterborough. Arthur was the sixth of seven children in the
family.
By 1911 they had moved to the country and lived at West
Hay Farm at Kings Cliffe with the help of two servants. Arthur
was now 19 and working as a horse keeper. When the army
moved to conscription in 1916 he joined the Northamptonshire
Regiment and went out to France in February 1917, just as the
Americans entered the war. Three months later, and probably
during the battle of Arras, he went missing. He was not seen
again and it was concluded that he had died.
Stamford & Rutland News 27th March 1918. –
“Kings Cliffe. Missing. Concluded to be Dead – His numerous friends
will be sorry to hear that Private A M Emerton, son of Mr J Emerton
of Broad Street, Peterborough and West Hay, Kings Cliffe, who was
previously reported as having been missing since May 2nd 1917, is
now officially concluded to be dead. He joined the Army in 1916 and
went to France the following February. Deep sympathy is felt for his
sorrowing relatives.”
In the index of UK soldiers died in the Great War 1914 – 1919,
he is described as “killed in action, 3rd May 1917 in the Western
European Theatre.”
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial at Faubourg-D’Amiens
Cemetery at Arras. Part VII, Roll No. 31274_184893.
FITZHUGH Frederick Stanley
Private 43670 4th Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales
Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Private 71100 87th T.R. Battalion
Frederick Fitzhugh was born 1899 in West Haddon, to William
and Harriett Fitzhugh.
He signed up at Glen Parva, Leicestershire, when he was living
at Swinford near Rugby.
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