Born Arthur Marson Tivey, he took his middle
name from the maiden name of his mother, Elizabeth Marson. His
father was Leonard Tivey 1873-1911, they married in 1893 the
same year as his elder brother Clarence Hereward Tivey was born
in the Derbyshire town of Melbourne. His brother also fought in
the Great War, his younger brother Kenneth died in infancy in
1901. Arthur married Helena Clarke of Ticknall in
1920 and three daughters Molly, Edna and Helena were born within
four years. Tragically his wife died after the birth of his
third daughter Helena (Ena) and the girls were brought up with
help of their grandmother Elizabeth Marson Tivey Dunnicliffe.
Elizabeth had remarried after the death of her first husband
to Lewis Dunnicliffe in 1914, she and Lewis had another son and
half brother to Arthur, George Lewis Dunnicliffe in 1917, but
tragically his father was yet another victim of the Great War.
He was killed in action in October 1917. Elizabeth is remembered
as a remarkable women for not only bringing her boys up alone
for several years after the death of her first husband Leonard,
but after suffering the loss of her second husband when her
youngest son was only a few months old she also brought up
Arthur's three young girls whilst Arthur went out to work and
his remembered with great fondness. Arthur was a bricklayer's
labourer after the war and he and his wife resided at Calke
during their short marriage. Arthur married again when he was in
his late thirties to Evelyn Bertha Godfrey (Davies).
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Name:
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TIVEY, Arthur Marson
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Regiment, Corps
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Leicestershire Regiment,
Lancashire Fusiliers, Machine Gun Corps
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Surname:
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Tivey
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Forename(s):
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Arthur Marson
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Initials:
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A M
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Birthplace:
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Melbourne, Derbyshire
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Enlisted:
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Unknown
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Residence:
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Melbourne, Derbyshire
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Rank:
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PRIVATE
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Number:
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46412/ 50147/ 16248
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Theatre of war:
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France & Flanders
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| The photgraphs of Arthur and Helena have been
kindly supplied by his granddaughter Jill Baker Tivey. Jill is
the daughter of Arthur's youngest daughter Helena who was known
as Ena. |
Arthur's wife-to-be Helena Clarke also
played a valued part in the war effort. Helena (below) was born
in Ticknall, Derbyshire to parents Henry Clarke and his wife
Edna (nee Spencer). She had two sister - Evelyn and Mary Jane
(AKA Jinny)
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Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (1917–1918) was later named Queen
Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (1918–1920). Over 57,000 women
served between January 1917 and November 1918. On 31 March 1917
women in the WAAC were first sent to the battlefields in France,
just 14 cooks and waitresses.The corps was disbanded in
September 1921 |
Above is a photo of Arthur with his pet dog as a young man,
Helena in WAAC
Uniform and (right) the WAAC ladies go through training. |