Basic Details
Surname
Partridge
Forenames
Arthur John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
8485
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 58 New Road, Woodston.

(CWGC records that Private A J Partridge, regimental number 8485, died on 20/9/1916 serving in 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment, and is buried in grave XXI.M.35 at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery in Iraq. They record him as the son of Thomas and Mary Partridge of 48 Leicester Street, Coventry. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Arthur died on 20/9/1916 as a Prisoner of War in Turkey; his father Thomas was his legatee. Arthur John Partridge's birth was registered in Ely in 1895. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents, Thomas and Mary, at Waterside in Ely. On the 1911 census he was serving as a Private in the 3rd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, at the Depot in Bury St Edmunds. The Medal Rolls record that he was posted overseas on 15/11/1914).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Norfolks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
20
Manner of death as stated
"Taken Prisoner of War at Kut, and died from dysentry [sic] and starvation"
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
58, NEW ROAD WOODSTONE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial