South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

Private 18233 Arthur UNDERHILL - Grenadier Guards


Died Sunday, September 30th, 1923 aged 27
 Military History

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Action/Battle/Other

Not applicable

Place of Death

Warneford Hospital, Leamington Spa

 

Medals

1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

Not known

 

Commonwealth War Graves Page

Not applicable

SWFHS War Memorial(s)

Bishops Tachbrook

Other War Memorial(s)

 

Other Information/Previous Regiments/Units

  • Arrived in France on 1 May 1915

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

Arthur is listed on the Bishops Tachbrook War Memorial and is not the same Arthur Underhill listed on the nearby Leamington Spa War Memorial. He is not listed in the Warwickshire Roll of Honour. On October 12th 1923 the Leamington reported on his death from shrapnel wounds and his burial at Bishops Tachbrook on Friday 5th October. - Click here to read the article
 Personal & Family History

Birth Date & Place

1896  Tachbrook Mallory

Baptism Date & Place

28 Dec 1898 Bishops Tachbrook

Parents

Arthur was adopted by the Bennett family of Bishops Tachbrook

Schools & Colleges

 

 

Occupations

  • 1911 - Student Milk Boy
  • 1914 - Soldier
  • 1919 - Platelayer on LM&S Railway

Address History

  • 1901 - Village, Bishops Tachbrook
  • 1911 - 79 Tachbrook, Bishops Tachbrook
  • 1918 - 79 Vicarage Road, Bishops Tachbrook
  • 1921 - 79 The Nob, Bishops Tachbrook

Other Information

Army pension records show that Arthur Underhill of Bishops Tachbrook was discharged from the Grenadier Guards on 17 Mar 1917 with gunshot wounds to the head and face and blindness in his right eye and he died in Warneford Hospital on 30 Sep 1923. A newspaper report on the 5th October 1923 states that Arthur had been carrying pieces shrapnel in his head for 6 years, one came out while he was shaving. He suffered from severe headaches and eventually the abscess on his brain caused by the wounds became too large and he died. After he was discharged from the army Arthur became a platelayer on the LM&S Railway. Click here for the newspaper cutting.

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