HEATH STREET

 

73 Heath Street 

GEORGE Ernest Foster

Rank : Shipwright 2nd Class
Regiment : HMS Pembroke Royal Navy
Service number : M6777
Conflict : WW1
Date of death : 12th July 1915 aged 23
Buried : Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent, England, Grave reference Naval. 21. 1097.
Birthplace : Sheerness
Relatives : Son of Ernest and Nellie George, of Garthowen, 73 Heath Street, Stourbridge
Memorial : Stourbridge War Memorial
Credits : Researched by The Black Country Society.

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Ernest George lived at ‘Garthowen’, 73 Heath Street, Stourbridge, with his parents Ernest and Nellie.  He was born at Sheerness and might well have been in an old naval family. By 1915 he was Shipwright, Second Class, at H.M.S. Pembroke, the shore base of the Royal Navy at Chatham.  

It is possible that, as his rank indicates, he worked in the dockyard.  He seems to have suffered from illness or wounds as he spent some time in the RN Hospital at Windmill Hill, Gillingham, where he died on 12th July 1915.

 

 

 

 

 

67 Heath Street 

FELLOWS Arthur Simpson

Rank : Second Lieutenant
Regiment : 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
Service number : A0
Conflict : WW1
Date of death : 1st April 1917 aged 22
Buried : Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, France, Grave III. A. 9.
Relatives : Son of Mr J.A. and Mrs S.A. Fellows, 67 Heath St., Stourbridge
Memorial : Stourbridge War Memorial
Also appears on : Stourbridge King Edward VI Grammar School WW1 Memorial. Stourbridge St John's Church.
Credits : Researched by The Black Country Society.

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Arthur Fellows lived at 67 Heath Street, Stourbridge, with his parents who were keen members of St. John’s church.  He was educated at Stourbridge Grammar School from 1903 to 1907 and at Wolverhampton Grammar School from 1907 to 1911.  He was then articled to Tildesley and Harris, solicitors, of Bilston.  

While completing his examinations in London he volunteered for the University of London O.T.C. and was commissioned in the 1st/7th Worcesters in August 1916.  Early in 1917 the German forces withdrew to the Hindenburg Line and the Worcesters in the 46th (South Midland) Division were given the task of following up their retreat towards the Hindenburg Line.  They advanced from Peronne towards the strongly held village of Epehy.  On 1st April at 2 a.m. the Worcesters moved silently into the village and surprised its defenders.  It was quickly taken, although casualties were suffered.  

Second Lieutenant Arthur Fellows was killed leading an attack at the head of his platoon and died instantly.  A letter from a fellow officer said that he was given a proper burial with a cross.  He was later re-buried in Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery.