We remember Arthur Graeme West

We remember Arthur Graeme West

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Timeline

Timeline

1891
birth Christchurch Road, Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk United Kingdom Source:7651141 23rd September 1891
1893
sibling Cecil Mclaren West Source:7651176 1893
1895
sibling John Alexander West Source:7651176 1895
1899
sibling Constance Birt West Source:7651176 1899
1899
location 21 Talbot Road, Highgate United Kingdom parents address Source:7651141 1899 - 1905
1905
education Blundell's School Tiverton United Kingdom Source:7651141 1905
1905
location Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon United Kingdom school/college address Source:7651141 1905 - 1910
1910
education literae humaniores, 1914 Balliol College Oxford United Kingdom Source:7651141 1910 - 1915
1910
location Balliol College, Oxford United Kingdom school/college address Source:7651141 1910 - 1915
1915
enlistment Oxford United Kingdom Source:4700856 February 1915
1915
service British Army Private PS/1511 Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion Source:4700856 February 1915 - May 1915
1915
service British Army Lance Corporal PS/1511 Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion Source:4700856 May 1915 - April 1916
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:4700856 17th November 1915 - 3rd April 1917
1916
commission Temporary Source:4700856 4th August 1916
1916
service British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion Source:4700856 5th August 1916 - 16th February 1917
1917
service British Army Acting Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion Source:4700856 16th February 1917 - 3rd April 1917
1917
death Killed in Action Killed by a sniper's bullet. Bapaume France Source:7651141 3rd April 1917
burial Honourable Artillery Company cemetery, Ecoust-St Mein, Pas de Calais, France. Source:7651141

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Arthur Graeme
Initials AG
Last Name West
Source 7651141
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
21 Talbot Road, Highgate United Kingdom parents address 1899 - 1905
Balliol College, Oxford United Kingdom school/college address 1910 - 1915
Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon United Kingdom school/college address 1905 - 1910
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army PS/1511 Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion Private
British Army Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion Second Lieutenant
British Army PS/1511 Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion Lance Corporal
British Army Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion Acting Captain
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary West mother
Arthur Birt West father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Cecil Mclaren West brother 1893
John Alexander West brother 1895
Constance Birt West sister 1899

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Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Carolyn35894
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Carolyn35894
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Mara60295
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Anne23518

External Evidence

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West, (Arthur) Graeme (1891–1917) - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Carolyn35894
The diary of a dead officer being the posthumous papers of Arthur Graeme West. Carolyn35894
Blundell's School Roll of Honour Anne23518
"Night Patrol, France, March 1916" by AG West Connie110407

Multimedia

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Blundell's Mara60295
Portrait Mara60295
Commission Mara60295
Captain Mara60295
Grave Mara60295
Eaton Mara60295
Talbot Road Mara60295
Balliol College Mara60295
Middlesex Regiment Mara60295
At the front Mara60295
Headstone Jeremy102799

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We remember Arthur Graeme West