Arthur Nunnerley

Bank: National Provincial Bank of England

Place of work: Hull King Edward Street branch

Died: 27 April 1915

Arthur Nunnerley was born on 2 May 1886, the son of Thomas Nunnerley, a farmer, and his wife Mary Ann. In April 1903, just before his 17th birthday, Nunnerley went to work for National Provincial Bank of England as an apprentice at its Ross branch. After completing his apprenticeship he stayed there as a clerk until February 1909, when he transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne branch. In June 1913 he moved to Hull King Edward Street branch.

During the First World War Nunnerley left the bank to join the army, becoming a Private, and later a Serjeant, in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres on 27 April 1915, five days before his 29th birthday.