NAYLOR, Arthur William Hurworth
| Service Number: | G/5059 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified British Units |
| Born: | Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, 28 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, 28 May 1915, aged 26 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 14. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL |
| Memorials: | Lutwyche St. Andrew's Anglican Church Lynch Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 28 May 1915: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Corporal, G/5059, Unspecified British Units, 2nd Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) |
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Arthur William Hurworth Naylor
Birth 28 MAY 1889 • Sandgate, Queensland, Australia
Death 28 MAY 1915 • Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son of William Addison Naylor and Jessie Naylor, of Brisbane, Queensland.
On his family circular for his brother Lieutenant Thomas Christopher Naylor 49th Battalion AIF, killed in action 5 April 1918, Dernancourt, France, aged 24. Their Mother Jessie wrote the following -
“His elder brother Authur W H Naylor living in America when War was declared joined an English Regiment to save time and was killed on his 26th birthday May 28th 1915 at Ypres, he was with East Kent Buffs” (Mother)
Their mother, Jessie Naylor, signed Thomas’s Roll of Honour form, “The proud and sorrowful mother of two splendid sons”.
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