i am a year 2 Heritage Studies student in Lincoln. one of my assignments is to research a WWI soldier. the soldier that i am researching is Arthur Larkins. he was born in Lincoln December 1889. he died 8th June 1917 in France. he died in action.
he was married to Florence "Florrie" Knight. i don't have any information on her at all. they were married in 1915.

i have researched his father Frederick Larkins but i have found that he was in the 1891 census as being married to Elizabeth (can't find her maiden name) and living with sons Albert, Walter, Herbert and Arthur Larkins. they lived at 51 Gibbeson Street.

but in the 1901 census Frederick is listed as being married to Emily (maiden name possibly Wenn). the children are listed as follows Walter, Herbert, Arthur, Lottie, Bertha and Nellie. Albert isn't on there as i suspect that with him being 19 at this point, he's possibly moved out of the family home. they were living at 416 High Street.

if anyone can help or give me any more inforamation, i would be ever so grateful.
kind regards
samantha hipwell.

i forgot to write in my original post that Arthur served in the 4th Battalian Lincolns, in the Lincolnshire Regiment. he was a Private and his regiment number is 201144.
kind regards
samantha hipwell

Albert was in Peterborough in 1901 (indexed LARBINE by Ancestry).

Fred's marriages
Marriages Dec 1880
LARKINS Frederick Wisbeach 3b 1337
MIDDLEBROUGH Elizabeth Wisbeach 3b 1337

Marriages Jun 1898
COGGLE Emily Lincoln 7a 1285
LARKINS Frederick Lincoln 7a 1285

Fred was buried 21 July 1930 (71)
and Emily 8 Sept 1943 (75), both of Ripon Street. I can't see a burial for Elizabeth.

The Florence KNOGHT (10 in 1901) living in Dixon St looks quite likely as it is close to 416 High St (between Sewells Walk and Queen St).

The household in 1911 was
Frederick 50
Emily 42
Arthur 21
Bertha 16
Nellie 14
Frank 7

Of course, in my previous post, I meant Florence KNIGHT.

Name: Arthur Larkins
Birth Place: Lincoln
Residence: Lincoln
Death Date: 8 Jun 1917
Rank: Private
Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment
Battalion: 4th Battalion.
Number: 201144
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Aldershot


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Name: Larkins, ARTHUR
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st/4th Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 08/06/1917
Service No: 201144
Additional information:
Son of Frederick Larkins, of 70, Ripon St., Lincoln; husband of Florrie Larkins, of 27, Dixon St., Lincoln.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 3 and 4.
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL

Marriages Dec 1915
Knight Florrie Larkins
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Larkins Arthur Knight
REGISTERED IN Lincoln
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