5th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
01/09/1890
Died:
01/11/1941 (Died of Illness)
Age:
51
Summary
Andrew Artt was the son of Andrew and Maria Artt. His mother, Maria Artt, died just a year old. The family lived in the Cloghog area. Andrew was an engine cleaner. Sapper Andrew Artt served with the Royal Engineers in World War One and was wounded in action. After the war, Andrew Artt worked as a locomotive fireman, an assistant to the engine driver. He worked on the rail line that ran between Cookstown and Coleraine. Fusilier Andrew Artt was serving with the 5th Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers when died at home on 1st November 1941, aged 51, of tuberculosis.
Further Information
Andrew Artt was the son of Andrew and Maria Artt. Andrew Artt and Maria Patterson were married on 8th November 1880 in the district of Cookstown.
Andrew Artt was born on 1st September 1891 in the Moneymore area. He was the youngest of four children.
Family: Andrew Artt, Maria Artt, Charles Artt (born 30th August 1881, Coagh; died 3rd February 1901, Moneymore), Mary Minnie Artt (born 3rd February 1883, Moneymore), William Artt (born 1st August 1887, Coagh), Andrew Artt (born 1st September 1891, Moneymore).
It seems his mother, Maria Artt, died just a year after he was born on 21st December 1892 in the Moneymore area.
His elder brother Charles died on 3rd February 1901 in Moneymore, aged 19.
The 1901 census lists Andrew as age 10 living with the family at house 10 in Cloghog, Moneyhaw, County Londonderry. His father, now a widower, was a coachman and a domestic servant.
Andrew’s father remarried in 1908. Andrew Artt (senior) married Matilda Patterson on 14th March 1908. It might well be that Maria and Matilda were sisters.
The 1911 census lists Andrew as age 20 living with his father and step mother Matilda at house 11 in Cloghog, Moneyhaw. Andrew was an engine cleaner. His father was a general labourer.
Andrew Artt and Elizabeth Murray were married on 27th February 1914 in the district of Carrickfergus. It is believed they had one daughter.
Sapper Andrew Artt served with the Royal Engineers in World War One and was wounded in action. He had the Service Numbers 196931 and WR/552519.
After the war, Andrew Artt worked as a locomotive fireman, an assistant to the engine driver. He worked on the rail line that ran between Cookstown and Coleraine.
Fusilier Andrew Artt was serving with the 5th Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers when died at home on 1st November 1941, aged 51, of tuberculosis.
Fusilier Artt is buried in Cookstown New Cemetery.
Fusilier Andrew Artt is commemorated on Cookstown Cenotaph.
The CWGC record Fusilier Andrew Artt as the son of Andrew and Maria Patterson Artt. He is listed as the husband of Elizabeth Murray Artt of Cookstown. It also records that he served in the 1914-18 War.
