WESTON Arthur

  • First Name(s):
    Arthur 
  • Surname:
    WESTON
  • Service Number:
    299761
  • Rank:

    Stoker Petty Officer

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Genista
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd October 1916
  • Age At Death:
    32
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 16.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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WESTON Arthur Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: HMS “Genista”, Royal Navy.  Killed in action 23 October 1916. Age 32.

Further Information About WESTON Arthur

Arthur Weston was born on 15th January 1884, the son of William and Jane Weston of Stourbridge.  He entered Old Swinford Hospital on 15th December 1891 and left the school on 20th June 1899 to go to the Great western Railway Company at Stourbridge as a messenger.

County express, 4th November 1916:
A Stourbridge Victim of German Submarine
Leading Stoker Petty Officer Arthur Weston of Stourbridge, perished in the minesweeper ‘Genista’, which was sunk last week by a German submarine.  Stoker Weston was 32 years old, had been in the navy for 16 years, and leaves a widow and child.  He was an Old Boy of Old Swinford Hospital.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW1 published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1998.

Arthur Weston has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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