Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Thiepval Memorial
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
28 Apr 1916	~	Farnborough
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted Date	Other War Memorials
Battle of Delville Wood (Somme)	16 Nov 1915 at Banbury	~
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units	Other information
near Guillemont	~	Promted to L/Cpl in the field on 5 Jul 1916
		Attached to 11th Bn Rifle Brigade on 22 Jun 1916

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

The CWGC records state that at the time Arthur was killed on 30 Aug 1916 he was serving with the 11th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corp however the 11th Bn KRRC diary makes no mention of any casuaties, shelling or action, nothing except that  it was a wet day. On closer look at his service record it was found that there is a note dated 22 Jun 1916 which states "attached 11 RB". A look at the war diary for the 11th Bn Rifle Brigade shows that on the 30th Aug 1916 they were in the trenches at Irish Alley near Guillemont when they were heavily shelled and as a result 3 men were killed and another 14 were wounded. It is strongly suspected that Arthur was one of the three men killed.