At the census of 1901 he is found to be residing with his mother and siblings at 4 Passage Row, Yarmouth.   His father is not present at this time and is probably away at sea.

Source extract RG_13_1809_142_13.  

(The census data by the enumerator is totally wrong here.   First child Ellen May is in fact 8 years old.)

 Arthur married Alice M Moment b.c 1889 at Hull in 1914. 

     He was a young man at the beginning of the first world war in 1914.   He entered the army as a soldier and served in France during the first world war.  

     The family story is told that he became a POW, captured whilst lying seriously injured on the battle front with a serious head injury.   He was hospitalized for many months.    The German Medics operated on him to save his life and placed a metal plate in his head to support a scull fracture.  

     He survived, however, due to a further head injury whilst at work in 1929, he collapsed and died.  He was 33 years old.