Arthur+Richard+Fitzherbert

Fitzherbert, Arthur Richard, Trooper, 7/1724, Wellington Mounted Rifles Born Warsop, Nottinghamshire Enlisted Trentham, New Zealand Resided Marton, New Zealand Died of gun shot wounds to the face 27th March 1917 aged 63 Son of Col. and Mrs. FitzHerbert, of Somersal Herbert, Derbyshire, England; husband of Mary Lucy FitzHerbert, of Oxford St., Marton, New Zealand. Buried in Deir el Belah War Cemetery, Israel, C, 89

Information from his service record held at Archives New Zealand Arthur was born in Derbyshire, and he claimed that he was born on the 9th November 1876. He enlisted at Trentham, New Zealand, 24th August 1915, stating his occupation as a farmer, and his address as Marton, New Zealand. He was five feet seven inches in height, had a dark complexion, hazel eyes and iron grey hair, and he belonged to the Church of England.


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