Arthur George Durrant

A Deck Hand with H.M. Trawler Strathgeldie, Arthur died on 4th of January 1919 at the age of 22. 

Arthur was born at Kessingland on 3 January 1897, a son of Barzillai Thompson and Annie Maria Durrant. He was baptised at Saint Edmund's Church, Kessingland, on 19 March 1899. In 1901 his family lived at Prospect Cottages, London Road, Kessingland, and by 1911 at 1 Jubilee Villas, London Road, Kessingland. Later they lived at Lyndia Cottage, Kessingland.

Arthur joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 13 July 1915. During the war he served on trawlers 'Lord Lovat', 'Thames' and 'Wyeburn', among others, finally being drafted to the Strathgeldie on 6 March 1918. 

Arthur died on board H.M. Hospital Ship 'Agadir' from influenza and bronchial pneumonia.

Subsequently his parents lived at Glendair Cottage, High Street, Kessingland.