Newspapers and the Great War blog by John Dilley

Newspapers and the Great War blog by John Dilley

known 5th November 1918

November 5, 1918, edition of the Market Harborough Advertiser. There is news of another soldier, Corporal A J Kimble of Granville Street who has also died of the flu. The story says: “He was engaged at the Ordnance School, Wolverton, and was taken ill on Sunday morning. So rapidly did the illness develop that, despite all that could be done for him, he died just before midnight.”

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  • Profile picture for Arthur James Kimble

    Born 1886

    Died 1918

    British Army 011379 2nd Corporal Royal Army Ordnance Corps