ARTHUR ARBON

Born: 1873, Stanton, Suffolk.

Died: 20th September 1900; age: 27; Died of an Aneurysm, at Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa.

Wounded on the 6th January 1900, at Suffolk Hill, Rensburg, near Colesberg.

Residence: Great Livermere, Suffolk.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 2725.

Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, South Africa Field Force.

Clasps Awarded: Johannesburg, Cape Colony & Orange Free State.

CENSUS

1881   Dog Lane, Stanton, Suffolk.

Arthur was 8 years old and living with his parents & siblings.

Robert Arbon, 46, an Agricultural Labourer, born Stanton.

Eliza Mayhew Arbon (nee Stebbing), born Stanton.

Julia Arbon, 17, born Stanton.

William Arbon, 16, born Stanton.

Alfred Arbon, 15, born Stanton.

Mary Ann Arbon, 10, born Stanton.

Caroline Florence Arbon, 2, born Stanton.

Arthur’s mother Eliza Mayhew Arbon died 1889, Stanton.

The Boer War.

Suffolk Regiment