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10th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
(Recorded as Second Lieutenant on CWGC)
Arthur Jukes was born in 1871 in Clapham, London, the son of Rev. Richard Starr Jukes and Mary Jukes. His father was at one time the Rector of Milton Church in Gravesend and Arthur attended St John’s School Leatherhead as a boarder.
Arthur was employed as a clerk before he enlisted as a regular soldier in 1892 and served with the King’s Own Scottish Border Regiment (4033), his service record describes him as 5ft 6¼ ins in height with a 35 inch chest, dark eyes and black hair. He transferred to the 8th Hussars (3489) and then to the Royal Fusiliers in 1893 (4598) where he was promoted to Lance Corporal. He served in the East Indies for 18 months before being discharged on 24 October 1896.
In 1900 Arthur married Annie Florence Norris in Gravesend and a year later they had moved to Derbyshire where he was a Church of England clergyman. Ten years later he and Annie were living in Northampton with their three children where Arthur was the Curate at St. Giles Church.
Arthur enlisted and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in November 1915 and served with 10th Battalion, London Regiment which formed part of 162nd Brigade, 54th (East Anglian) Division. In December 1915 the Division was evacuated from Gallipoli to Alexandria in Egypt and the following year occupied No.1 (Southern) Section of the Suez Canal defences.
Arthur died aged 44 on 6 March 1917 and lies buried in Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
After the war his widow Annie had moved to 9 High Street, Long Melford.
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