Basic Details
Surname
Hinks
Forenames
Arthur John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Hincks
Alternative forename
John Arthur
Served or died
Died
Service number
7627
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 75 Percival Street. It misrecords his surname as "Hinks".

(CWGC records that Serjeant John Arthur Hincks, regimental number 7627, died aged 30 on 17/9/1914 while serving in 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Stone 20A of La Ferte sous Jouarre Memorial in France. They record him as the husband of Mary Hannah Church (formerly Hincks) of 75 Percival Street, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise records him as John Arthur Hincks, who it described as a native of St James' End in Northamptonshire who had enlisted at Wellingborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that John died at Troyan, and that his widow Mary Hannah was his legatee. The GRO Index records that his birth had been registered as "John Arthur Hincks" in 1884 in Northampton. He was baptised on 28/9/1884 as John Arthur, son of John and Eliza Jane Hincks, at Dallington St James' Church in Northampton).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Sergt
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Tyron
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1914
Month of death
September
Day of death
17
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action at Tyron [sic]"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
75, PERCIVAL ST
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial