We remember Herbert Edward Arkell

We remember Herbert Edward Arkell

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Timeline

Timeline

1884
sibling Lilian Kate Ogles Arkell Source:9377667 1884
1886
birth Dursley, Gloucestershire United Kingdom Source:9377667 Source:9377718 May 1886
1891
dates Age 4 Source:9377718 5th April 1891
1891
location 157 St John Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire United Kingdom parents address Source:9377718 5th April 1891
1896
sibling Ernest Norman Aka Norman Arkell Source:9377720 1896
1901
dates Age 14 Source:9377720 31st March 1901
1901
employment Fitter Screw Machine Not known Birmingham, Warwickshire United Kingdom Source:9377720 31st March 1901
1901
location 396 Dudley Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire United Kingdom parents address Source:9377720 31st March 1901
1905
enlistment Worcester, Worcestershire United Kingdom Source:9377667 21st January 1905
1905
dates Age 19 Source:9377667 23rd January 1905
1905
employment Fitter Not known Birmingham, Warwickshire United Kingdom Source:9377667 23rd January 1905
1905
service British Army Private 9048 Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:9377667 23rd January 1905 - 19th July 1912
1912
service British Army Lance Corporal 9048 Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:9377667 20th July 1912 - 30th August 1913
1913
dates Age 27 Source:9377667 30th August 1913
1913
location 33 Sherstone Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire United Kingdom parents address Source:9377667 31st August 1913
1914
dates Age 28 Source:9377667 5th August 1914
1914
service British Army Private 9048 Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:9377667 5th August 1914 - 14th September 1914
1914
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:9377667 26th August 1914 - 14th September 1914
1914
dates Age 28 Source:9377667 14th September 1914
1914
missing "Reported missing 14/09/1914" "Killed in Action at Verneuil-sur-Avre on 14/09/1914" Source:9377667 6th October 1914
1914
death Killed in Action Herbert Edward Arkell is commemorated on a memorial for the Missing Presumed Dead. He died at the time of the First Battle of the Aisne (3 Sep 1914 to 28 Sep 1914). He was 28. Verneuil-sur-Avre, Normandy France Source:7468061 Source:9377667 14th September 1914
burial La Ferté-Sous-Jouarre Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Seine-et-Marne "Killed in Action at Verneuil 14/09/1914. Buried in a wood on the western slopes of the Beaulne Spur in the Bois de Brules" France Source:9377665 Source:9377667

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Herbert Edward
Initials HE
Last Name Arkell
Source 7468061
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
157 St John Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire United Kingdom parents address known 5th April 1891
33 Sherstone Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire United Kingdom parents address known 31st August 1913
396 Dudley Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire United Kingdom parents address known 31st March 1901
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 9048 Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion Private
British Army 9048 Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion Lance Corporal
British Army 9048 Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914 Star with Clasp 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
Ellen Arkell nee Freeman mother
Thomas Arkell father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Lilian Kate Ogles nee Arkell sister 1884
Ernest Norman Aka Norman Arkell brother 1896
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
Fresh Grey Dark brown
DateHeightSource
1905-07 5'11"
Religion
DateReligionSource
1905-01-23 Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Keith22624
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Keith22624
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Keith22624
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Keith22624
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Keith22624
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Keith22624

External Evidence

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CWGC website entry for 9048 Herbert Edward Arkell - Worcestershire Regiment Keith22624
Lives of the First World War website entry for 188088 Ernest Norman Arkell - Royal Air Force Keith22624

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Herbert Edward Arkell was engaged to be married Keith22624
Worcestershire Regiment Keith22624

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