Basic Details
Surname
Helliwell
Forenames
Arthur
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. Married with a child, he worked as a cotton twiner before he enlisted in January 1915. He served as a machine gunner and was shot in the knee and died crawling back to his own lines. He was not found by them to have been commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1916
Month of death
November
Day of death
13
Age at death
29
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action