Arthur Cable

A Private with the Depot, Arthur died on 4th of December 1916 at the age of 40. 

Arthur was born at Heckingham, Norfolk, in 1876, a son of Rebecca Cable. In 1881 his family lived at Thurlton, Norfolk. For a time in 1886 Arthur and his mother were living at Heckingham Workhouse and Arthur was still there in 1891. By 1896 he had moved to Lowestoft and it seems that whenever he lived in Lowestoft he stayed with his sister Emma Swatman. By 1911 Emma was living at 131 Raglan Street. 

In 1896 Arthur was living at 8 Haward Street, Lowestoft, and working as a labourer for Mr. Calver, of Lowestoft, when he enlisted in the 4th Militia Battalion Norfolk Regiment, at Lowestoft, on 28 January 1896. On 25 March 1898 Arthur enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, service number 5617, at Melton Mowbray. He was posted to the 1st Battalion, in India, on 22 February 1899. In 1902 he was convicted by a Court Martial and sentenced to six months imprisonment. On 22 January 1906 he was posted to the 2nd Battalion in England. Arthur joined the Army Reserve on 24 March 1906 and was discharged on 24 March 1910.    

When the First World War began Arthur was living at Lowestoft. He volunteered and enlisted in the Army at Hertford. He joined the Bedfordshire Regiment, service number 13231. He arrived in France on 3 December 1914 to join the 1st Battalion.

At some point Arthur became unwell and returned to England and was posted to the strength of the Depot. He was admitted to the 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, London. On 3 October 1916 he was transferred to the County of Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, near Saint Albans. 

Arthur died from a condition known as the general paralysis of the insane.