Category: Military
Rank: Driver 1104
Regiment or Ship: 6th Sussex Battery Royal Field Artillery
Service Number(s): 1104
Date of Birth: 1892
Place of Birth: Sidley
Date of Death: 1947
Address: 59 Sidley Street, Sidley
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Family Information
Father: James Carey born in Sidley and died 1934 in Battle.
Mother: Ann Elizabeth Barker born 1859 in Sidley and died 1939 in Battle. They married in 1879 in Hailsham.
Siblings:
George Frederick Carey 1882-1958 B0001 CAREY George Frederick (Gov. War Work)
Richard Thomas Carey 1883 – 1963 W0151 CAREY Richard Thomas (Driver)
Edna Grace Carey 1885 – 1962
Benjamin James Carey 1887 – 1918 W0076 CAREY Benjamin (Rifleman)
Frederick Carey 1891 – 1914 W0003 CAREY Frederick (Private)
Thomas Carey 1895 – 1974 W0150 CAREY Thomas (Private)
Harry Carey 1897 – 1975 W0146 CAREY Harry (Driver)
Alfred Ernest Carey 1899 – 1975 W0153 CAREY Alfred Ernest (Private)
Elsie Carey 1900 – ?
Wife: Rosa M Mercer. They married on 2nd November 1911. She died in 1946 Battle.
Children:
Albert T born 1912
Dorothy M born 1915
Amy E born 1918
Winifred E born 1921
George A. T born 1929
First World War Experience
Arthur enlisted at Bexhill on the 10th November 1914 as Driver 1104 with the 2/6 Battery of the 2/2 Home Counties Field Artillery Brigade. Later his service number became 876632.
He had a number of postings:
- 9th Provisional Battery 12 Sep 1915
- 533 Howitzer Battery 19 Sep 1916
- To France 05 Oct 1916
- 96th Brigade 24 Oct 1916
- 95th Brigade 16 Jan 1917
- 307th Brigade 26 Sep 1917
In 1917 he was serving in France and had several hospital stays between December 1917 and January 1919.
He was discharged at Wimbledon on the 1st February 1919.