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Asbrey H W Pte G/15683 13th Royal Sussex Regiment

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ASBREY, HAROLD WILFRED, Private, No. G. 15683, 13th (Sussex) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt., s. of Samuel William Asbrey, of 75, Montague Street, Kettering, by his wife, Bertha Louisa, dau. of Arthur Farrer; b. Kettering, 5 Oct. 1896; educ. Laxton Grammar School, Oundle; Kettering Grammar School, where he passed the Oxford Senior Examination with First Class Honours; matriculated in 1915, after which he went to the Borough Road Training School. Isleworth, intending to take his degree, but enlisted 30 March, 1916; was attached to the Northamptonshire Regt., afterwards the Hertfordshire Regt., and subsequently to the Royal Sussex Regt., Trench Mortar Battery; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 17 Aug. following, and was killed in action 13 Aug. 1917, by a bomb from an aeroplane while going into action at Messines, Buried four miles south-east of Ypres. A comrade wrote: “He was a good soldier, always willing and cheerful, and always fulfilled any duty he was called upon to do well. His loss is keenly felt by one and all in the battery.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Arthur A Pte 32699 Machine Gun Corps

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ARTHUR, ALEXANDER, Private, No. 32699, Machine Gun Corps, 3rd s. of the late David Arthur, by his wife, Ann Ferguson (118, Bonnygate, Cupar); b. Kingask, Cupar, co. Fife, 28 April, 1886; educ. Cupar; was a Draper; enlisted in the 9th Royal Scots 6 Aug. 1915; transferred to the Machine Gun Corps in 1916; served with the Salonika Army from the end of May, 1916, and died at No. 64 General Hospital, Salonika, 6 Aug. 1918, of acute atrophy of the liver, contracted while on active service. Buried in Salonika Cemetery. His Commanding Officer, Lieut. P. Campbell, wrote: “I feel his loss keenly; he was always so cheerful, was a good soldier, and a great favourite in the section.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Arrowsmith A E Coy Sergt Maj 2754 24th Royal Fusiliers

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ARROWSMITH, ALFRED EDGAR, Coy, Sergt.-Major, No. 2754, 24th (Service) Battn. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), yst. s. of William Arrowsmith, of 106, Barrington Road, Crouch End, London, N., Wood Engraver, of Holborn, W.C., by his wife, Emma Jane, dau. of Henry Godden; b. Stroud Green, Finsbury Park, N., 12 Sept. 1888; educ. Stroud Green School aforesaid; was employed by a firm of Motor Manufacturers; enlisted 18 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 11 Nov. following, and died at No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Doullens, 30 March, 1918, from wounds received in action at Aveluy Wood on the 28th of that month. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Doullens. He was awarded a Certificate of Merit signed by Major-Gen. C. E. Pereisa, commanding 2nd Division, which stated: “Your Commanding Officer and Brigade Comr Commander have informed me that you have distinguished yourself by conspicuous bravery in the field on 13 and 14 April, 1917. I have read their reports, and although promotion and decorations cannot be given in every case, I should like you to know that your gallant action is recognized and how greatly it is appreciated.” An officer wrote: “Up to the time of his being wounded he had behaved with the utmost coolness,” and a comrade: “I have faced death with him many times. We, the few pals who are left, shall always reverence him. He was a soldier every inch, and has never flinched at facing death or any hardships. Before going into action he was always cheery and encouraging, and we who were under him would never consider anything too big to do for him, as he was one of the best, and fought and died for honour.” Prior to the war Coy. Sergt.-Major Arrowsmith had served for five years with the 6th Battn. London Regt. (T.F.). He was a keen sportsman, and played football brilliantly at school. and later in amateur circles; unm.

Source : De Ruvigmy’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Arnott R L I 2nd Lt Indian Army

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ARNOTT, ROBERT LOUIS IRVING, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides (Lumsden’s) (F.F.), yst. s. of Brig.-Surg.-Lieut. Col. James Arnott, I.M.S. (retired), of Nyseby, Kirthbridge, co. Dumfries, by his wife, Isabella Louisa, dau. of Robert Taylor; b. Edinburgh, 10 March, 1899; educ. Edinburgh Academy, where he was a member of the O.T.C., and Military College, Wellington, India; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine, and was killed in action on 19 Sept. 1918, at Tabsor, near Jaffa, when attacking the enemy trenches in the victorious advance on that date. Buried behind the lines; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Arnott H Pte 2355826 Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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ARNOTT, HUGH, Private, No. 2355826, 2nd Canadian Machine Gun Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst, s. of the late Henry Arnott, of Leith, by his wife, Joan, yst. dau. of the late Peter Allan, of Linlithgow; b. Leith, Edinburgh, 19 Nov. 1886; educ. there joined the Merchant Service in Leith, and subsequently served in the Canadian Merchant Service; was three times torpedoed while in that employment; joined the Canadian Machine Gun Corps 4 Jan. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from July, 1918, and died at No. 33 Casualty Clearing Station 14 Sept. following, of wounds received in action the same day. Buried in the British Cemetery at Ligny St. Flochet, near St. Pol; unm.

Source : De Ruvigmy’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Arnold J S Armourer 346554 HMS Invincible Royal Navy

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ARNOLD, JOHN SAMUEL, Armourer, R.N., H.M.S. Invincible, 3rd s. of John Samuel Arnold, of Richmond, by his wife, Sophia; b. Richmond, co. Surrey, 7 May, 1879; educ. there joined the R.N. in 1896; served in H.M.S. Argonaut, H.M.S. Gladiator, H.M.S. Exmouth, H.M.S. Liverpool, H.M.S. Prince, H.M.S. Arthur and H.M.S. Invincible, and was awarded the Messina Medal; after the outbreak of war he saw much fighting, taking part in the Heligoland and Falkland Battles, and was killed in action on H.M.S. Invincible at the Jutland Battle 31 May, 1916. He m. at St. Saviour’s, Southsea, 29 Jan. 1906, Emily Henrietta, yst. dau. of Frederick Mumford, of East Cowes, and had three children: John Šamuel, b. 20 July, 1912; Sophia Emily Henrietta, b. 20 Feb. 1908, and Mildred Maud, b. 31 Jan. 1914.

Source : De Ruvigmy’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Arnold J J Pte 69938 10th Royal Fusiliers

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ARNOLD, JOHN JAMES, Private, No. 69938, 10th (Service) Battn. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), s. of the late John Arnold, by his wife, Amelia; b. Tottenham, N.; educ. there; served with the Colours and joined the Reserve; was called up on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 21 March, 1918. Buried at Dickebusch. Second Lieut. S. W. Gowers wrote: “He was killed by a stray shell and suffered no pain, death being instantaneous.” He m. at White Hart Lane, Tottenham, N., Lilian, dau. of (-), and had a dau., Doris Amelia.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Arnold C Pte M/39356 Army Service Corps

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ARNOLD, CECIL, Private, 39th Mechanical Transport Coy., Royal Army Service Corps, 3rd s. of the late William Arnold, of Whitehill, Crowborough, by his wife (-) (Fairlight Road, Eastbourne); b. Crowborough, co. Sussex, 14 Feb. 1888; educ. Whitehill School there; enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regt. in 1904; joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in Dec. of that year; served three years with the Colours, and joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilization 5 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 5 Aug. 1914; transferred to the Army Service Corps in 1916, and died at No. 29 Casualty Clearing Station 22 Feb. 1919, of influenza, contracted while on service. Buried in Poppelsdorper Cemetery, Bown, Germany. He was twice mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French and F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He m. at Eastbourne, 17 Nov. 1915, Edith, dau. of George Marlow, of Notting Hill, London, W; s.p.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Armstrong W J Tpr MM 7079 6th Dragoon Guards

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ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM JAMES, M.M., Trooper, No. 7079, 6th Dragoon Guards, s. of James Armstrong, of 102, Sandrock Road, Lewisham, S.E., by his wife, Clara, dau. of William Down; b. London, 4 Dec. 1892; educ. Greenwich Central School, London, S.E.; was a Warehouseman; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 14 Oct. 1915, and died at No. 6 General Hospital, Rouen, 11 April, 1918, from wounds received in action at Hourges between 25 March and 3 April, 1918. Buried in the St. Sever’s Cemetery, Rouen. He was awarded the Military Medal for signalling under heavy shell fire, and getting messages through after several attempts had been made; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Armstrong J Pte 5th Cameron Highlanders

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ARMSTRONG, JACK, Private, No. 11748, 5th (Service) Battn. (Lochiel’s) The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, s. of Henry Armstrong, of 32 Wesley Road, Ironbridge, by his wife, Mary Alice, dau. of William Oakes b. Ironbridge, co. Salop, 12 July, 1877; educ. Public Schools there; was employed in Tile Works; volunteered for active service soon after the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders in Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from May, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following. Buried where he fell. unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5