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Major Arthur Grenville Hume

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Major Arthur Grenville Hume Veteran

Birth
Isle of Wight, England
Death
8 Aug 1915 (aged 42)
Gelibolu, Gelibolu İlçesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye
Burial
Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye Add to Map
Plot
Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Memorial at Panel 17.
Memorial ID
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
HUME, ARTHUR GRENVILLE, Major, Wellington Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Hume, late 79th Cameron Highlanders and inspector of Prisons, N.Z., by his wife, Raby, daughter of Dr. Macintire, Inspector-General of Hospitals; born Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, 3 Oct. 1873; educated Wellington College, and Wanganui College, New Zealand; was an Engineer; had been for many years in New Zealand Territorials and was Major, Garrison Artillery, when the European War broke out in Aug. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service and left for Egypt with the fourth reinforcements in April, 1915; served at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 8 Aug. 1915. He married at Bath, 8 April, 1902, Amy Charlotte (8, Kensington, Bath), daughter of William Rogers, and had a son, Philip Waldron Grenville, b. 31 July, 1903.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)

Additional Info
Husband of Amy Charlotte Graham (formerly Hume), of 36, Dean Park Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
HUME, ARTHUR GRENVILLE, Major, Wellington Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Hume, late 79th Cameron Highlanders and inspector of Prisons, N.Z., by his wife, Raby, daughter of Dr. Macintire, Inspector-General of Hospitals; born Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, 3 Oct. 1873; educated Wellington College, and Wanganui College, New Zealand; was an Engineer; had been for many years in New Zealand Territorials and was Major, Garrison Artillery, when the European War broke out in Aug. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service and left for Egypt with the fourth reinforcements in April, 1915; served at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 8 Aug. 1915. He married at Bath, 8 April, 1902, Amy Charlotte (8, Kensington, Bath), daughter of William Rogers, and had a son, Philip Waldron Grenville, b. 31 July, 1903.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)

Additional Info
Husband of Amy Charlotte Graham (formerly Hume), of 36, Dean Park Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

Gravesite Details

Major, Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Age: 42.



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