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9688 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Arthur Crick was born in Sudbury in 1883, the son of Arthur and Emma Crick. The family lived at 65 Church Street; his father Arthur was a brickyard labourer and his mother was a charwoman. After his mother’s death his father remarried and the family moved to Station Cottage in Station Road where his father was employed on the railway.
At the age of 19 Arthur was a regular soldier stationed with the Suffolk Regiment in the Channel Islands. Prior to enlisting he was employed as a mat weaver. He married Emily in Sudbury in 1907, they had two known children Arthur and George and the family lived in Chequer Lane (now Gaol Lane) before moving to Burkitts Lane.
Arthur enlisted in Sudbury and landed in France on 21 April 1915 and joined his battalion in Belgium. Less than three weeks later he had died of wounds on 10 May 1915 aged 32.
The battalion which formed part of 84th Brigade, 28th Division saw action at the Battle of Frezenberg Ridge on 8 May 1915. Colonel Murphy recorded that the enemy sent over every calibre of high-explosive shell. Guns and howitzers shook the earth and at the same time men were being blinded and choked by gas. Practically all the men in the front line trenches were killed, wounded or missing.
Arthur lies buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. A Cross of Remembrance was laid at his grave in October 2009 and October 2011.
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
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