Arthur Edward Bull
This name is on St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11
(Arthur Edward Bull)
Service no 1702
Serjeant, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st Battalion
Killed in action age 18 on 9 May 1915
Son of William Edward and Catherine Bull, of 73 Angell Road, Brixton, London.
Remembered at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France
Information from the 1911 and 1901 census
1911: Arthur Bull was one of the nine surviving children of William Edward and Catherine Bull. In 1911 the family lived in 10 rooms at 61 Penrose Street, Walworth, where six children were registered on the return. Arthur’s 51-year-old father was a commercial traveller selling paraffin and gas lighting, originally from east London. His mother, was also from east London and was also 51. Arthur was born in Walworth.
1901: Arthur Bull was part of a large family living at 61 Penrose Street, Newington. His father, William E. Bull, 41, a paraffin lamp factor born in Spitalfields and mother, Catherine Bull, 41, also from Spitalfields, registered 8 children on the census:
Thomas W. Bull, 18, a commercial traveller born in the City of London
George J. Bull, 16, a commercial clerk born in Holywell, Oxfordshire
William S. Bull, 15, a warehouse boy, born in Hoxton
Helsie S. Bull, 9
Frank H. Bull, 8
Margery P. Bull, 6
Arthur E. Bull, 4, remembered at St. Mark's
Catherine C. Bull, 2
The 5 youngest were born in Newington.