Gillett, Arthur John

Arthur was born in Ashwell in 1883 to Samuel and Eliza (nee Brown) Gillett.  Arthur’s grandmother had been a shopkeeper in West End, Ashwell.  Arthur grew up in the Bassingbourn/Melbourn area of Royston.

Arthur enlisted at Royston, Hertfordshire.  He was a Private in the 5^th Battalion of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Regimental Number 26224.  Previously he had been a Private in the Nottingham & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters), regimental number 5790.  Arthur served in Western European Theatre of War, France and Flanders.  He died of wounds on 11^th April 1917.

Arthur was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

Arthur is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in Artois France.