ARTHUR MALTWARD NORTON ARRELL
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG”: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Image from the Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury – 1916
Born: 12th May 1890, at Aspall, Suffolk.
Died: 31st October 1916; age 26; died of wounds at No. 14 Corps Main Dressing Station.
Residence: 51, Priory Street, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 3845
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
W.15.
Somme,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Youngest son of Mrs A. Arrell, of 51, Priory Street, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1891 Aspall Green, Suffolk.
Arthur was 11 months old and living with his parents & siblings.
Jonathan Arrell, 46, an Agricultural Labourer, born Bedingfield, Suffolk.
Ann Arrell (nee Stone), 46, born Southolt, Suffolk.
Robert Jonathan Arrell, 17, an Agricultural Labourer, born Bedingfield.
James Stone Arrell, 15, an Agricultural Labourer, born Bedingfield.
Alfred Edward Arrell, 13, an Agricultural Labourer, born Bedingfield.
Phoebe Frances Arrell, 11, born Bedingfield.
Emma Matilda Arrell, 9, born Bedingfield.
Ernest Albert Arrell, 5, born Aspall.
William Newson Arrell, 3, born Aspall.
1901 Middlegate Farm, Bacton, Suffolk.
Arthur was 10 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Jonathan, 55, a Horseman on a Farm.
Ann, 54.
Ernest, 15, a Farm Labourer.
William, 13, a Farm Labourer.
Lily Elizabeth Arrell, 8, born Aspall.
1911 Upthorpe, Stanton, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Arthur was 20 years old, a Labourer on a Farm. He was living with his parents & sister.
Jonathan, 64, a Horseman on a Farm.
Ann, 63.
Emma, 29.
Arthur’s father, Jonathan Arrell, died on the 4th June 1914, in Ipswich and on the 8th June, after a funeral service at St. Mary Stoke Church, was buried at Section X, at Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Soldiers’ Effects to Ann Arrell – mother.
Arthur is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Nicholas Church, Ipswich.
THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT 1/4th Battalion Territorial Force:
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