Private 12026 Arthur Stanton

Family details:
Mother & Sole Legatee: Alice

Census details:
1901 - 6 years old Arthur is living at 83 Regent Street, Earlestown with parents Arthur (43), Alice (37) and seven siblings: Isaac (18), Fanny (15), [cas=1218]William Stanton[/cas] (12), Charley (10), Rosa (8), Lizzie (4), Joseph (3 Mths). 1911 - Sees 16 years old 'Labourer' Arthur living at 97 Houghton Road, Sutton, St Helens with parents Arthur (58), Alice (48) and seven siblings: Isaac Henry (26), Fanny (25), [cas=1218]William Stanton[/cas] (22), Charles (20), Rose (18), Lizzie (15), Joseph (10).

Notes:
[note=74]Two Stanton Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=36]Remembered on the Clock Face Colliery War Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.

Arthur Stanton was born in Burtonwood around 1895, the son of Arthur and Alice Stanton. The 1911 census listed the family at 97, Houghton Road, Sutton, St Helens. Arthur enlisted to the 6th Battalion of the South Lancs Regiment in St Helens on 3rd September 1914. He was 20 years old when he enlisted and worked as a Collier. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs A Stanton, of 228, Reginald Road, Sutton. The 6th (Service) Battalion was formed soon after the outbreak of war from the first thousand men who answered Kitchener's call to arms 'Your Country Needs You'. These units were afterwards known as 'K1' units. The battalion commenced training at Tidworth in Wiltshire in the barracks recently vacated by the 2nd Battalion, which had joined the British Expeditionary Force in France. Final 'polishing' took place at Blackdown, near Aldershot. In April 1915, an Expeditionary Force landed on the shores of Gallipoli as part of the Dardanelles campaign, with the ultimate aim of capturing Constantinople. The landings were not the success that was first hoped for, and reinforcements were brought in. This took place on 7th July and included the 6th Battalion, South Lancs., landing at Helles. Arthur was in this landing. The next few weeks were spent learning trench warfare, and included several spells in the front line. On 21st July, Arthur was admitted to hospital on the island of Mudros, where the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force had based its hospitals. He was suffering from dysentery. At some point over the next few days he was transferred to Port Said in Egypt but sadly, he passed away on 9th August. He was buried in Port Said War Memorial Cemetery. [pic]gallery_shroh/astantonslr.jpg[/pic] [caption] Courtesy of Creafield from GWF and Ste M[/caption] On 25th January 1921, his mother acknowledged receipt of his British War Medal and Victory Medal, then on 21st February, the 1915 Star. Arthur's brother [cas=1218]William Stanton[/cas] also died in the war.