Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Albert Edward Churchhouse a green grocer, born 1871 in St. Albans, Herts., and his wife Lizzie, born 1871 in Madingley, Cambs. Arthur Frederick was born on the 23rd May 1897 in Leicester, his siblings were, Thomas William, born 1897 and Harry M., born 1901, both his siblings were born in Leicester, in March 1901 the family home was at 160, Upper Brunswick Street, Leicester. In April 1911 Arthur was a scholar and was residing in the family home at 35, Walnut Street, Leicester, together with his parents and siblings, Thomas, Dorothy, born 1895 in St. Albans, Herts., and Annie Mary, born 1902 in Leicester. His elder brother Thomas William James also fell in action. Arthur enlisted into service with the Royal Navy on the 25th June 1915 in Chatham, Kent, his medical examination recorded that he was 5 foot 5¾ inches in height and he had a chest measurement of 33 to 35 inches, his hair colour was black, and he had dark brown eyes, his complexion was described as dark, he gave his religion as Church of England and his trade or calling as engineer’s turner. He gave his father, Albert Churchhouse, of 38 Walnut Street, Aylestone Leicester as his next of kin. The background relating to the circumstances in which Arthur lost his life are as follows; HMS Stephen Furness was built at West Hartlepool in 1910. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as a squadron supply ship (1915) and later as an armed boarding steamer. She sank at 4.15 pm on Thursday 13th December 1917 off the West Coast of the Isle of Man. The ship was en route from Lerwick to Liverpool for repairs when she was struck by a torpedo on the starboard side between the bridge and the funnel that had been fired by the German submarine UB – 64, commanded by Kapitän Leutnant Walter Gude. She began dipping immediately and before the life boats could be lowered she suddenly went down, none of the lifeboats having been launched, resulting in the loss of 6 Officers and 95 men.