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Arthur Graves, Chatteris

West Street, Chatteris

History of West Street, Chatteris

1911 West Street

Henry Graves, 42, electric crane driver, b Chatteris

Esther, 48, b Chatteris

Arthur, 14, agricultural labourer, b Chatteris

Kate, 16, apprentice dressmaker, b Chatteris

Ernest Allen, stepson, 27, boilersmith labourer, b Chatteris

Arthur joined the Cambridge Volunteer Battalion in 1914 aged 17. He was one of 189 soldiers in the battalion killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Graves Arthur 20116 Died 1/7/1916

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