South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Terlincthun British Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After March 1917 | ~ | Alcester |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Second Battle of Cambrai (1918) | February 1917 at Stratford on Avon | ~ |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| Military Hospital at Wimereux | Pte 4549 Army Cyclist Corps | |
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
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Arthur was admitted to the 34th Casualty Clearing Station on 8 Oct 1918, with gun shot wounds to the leg and neck. The following day he was operated on by a Capt Rice who dressed the wounds and then he placed on the "sick convoy" and taken from the 34th CCS, which at that time was at Grevillers, to one of the medical facillities in the Wimereux area on the coast near Boulogne. The journey was at least 150 km's and was most likely by train. Click here for the 34 CCS admission records (PDF). Albert died around 15 days after he was wounded. The war diary shows that he was one of 108 men wounded on 8 Oct 1918 during the battalions attack on an enemy position on the La Targette-Forenville Road, which was SE of Cambrai. Please click here for the battalions 3 page Report on Operations (PDF) for that day. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 15 Apr 1886 at Bordersley | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Thomas and Ann Maria | Small Heath |
| Wife & Marriage Date/Place | Children & Year of Birth |
| Elizabeth Chandler nee Howse) | Mary Elizabeth born 15 Jun 1912 |
| 2 May 1911 at Alcester | |
| Schools | Colleges |
| King Edward VI School, Birmingham 1897-1901 | ~ |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1886 - Bordersley | 1911 - Insurance Clerk (Census) |
| 1891 - 361 Cooksey Road, Bordersley | 1911 - Insurance Official (Marriage) |
| 1901 - 41 Floyer Road, Bordersley | |
| 1911 - Globe Hotel, Alcester (Census) | |
| 1911 - 78 Dora Road, Small Heath (Marriage) | |
| 1918 - Henley Street, Alcester (Wife) | |