Notts Free Press, 22 November 1918
GITTINGS A.
Arthur Gittins
Private 268226
1st/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Notts Free Press, 22 November 1918
Arthur Gittins died on 24th October 1918, aged 21 years, and was buried in the ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France.
He was born on 17th September 1897 at Meden Bank, Stanton Hill, to parents William and Mary Jane Gittins. William Gittins was a Coal Miner, and a native of Shropshire. He married Mary Jane Turner at St Peter, Mansfield in April 1887. The family spent some time living in the New Cross area of Sutton, before moving to Meden Bank between 1892-1896.
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 Notts Free Press, 22nd November 1918 |
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
GITTENS Arthur. Born Stanton Hill, Notts. Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield (resides Skegby, Notts). 1/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 268226, Died, France & Flanders 24th October 1918.
Research by Heather Faulkes
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