One of nine children, Henry Arrowsmith was born at Moreto n in 1889, th e third son of Henry an agricultural l abourer and his wife Prudence. He would have attended Moreton village school until age 14 and followed in his father’s footsteps working the l and. The 1911 census shows that at 23 years of age he has left home to find work as a waggoner at Grove Farm in nearby Blymhill, where he resided as a boarder . Hen ry volun teered at an early sta ge of the Great W ar probably about October 1914, when he enlisted at Staf ford into the Sta f fo rdshire Y eomanry . Known as Harry , in the first quarter of 1916 Henry married Alice May Powell from Shifnal. Less than 3 months later on 4th April he died. Seven weeks later on 23rd May , Alice gave birth to a daughter who she named ‘Henrietta Isabel Prudence M ay’. In 1922 Alice married He nry’s brother Benjamin . Records show that Henry was not awarded any Great W ar campaign medals which means that he did not serve overseas on active service but remained in the UK at Aldershot. On 4 th April 1916 Henry Arrowsmith is reported to have died, whether by accident or illness is not unknown. He is buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery . Henry is the brother of Ernest Arrowsmith who died on 24 th May 1917.

Henry Arrowsmith

Private – 3699 – Staffordshire Y eomanry Died 4 th Apri l 191 6 – aged 28 Buri ed - Al dersh ot Military Cem etery