[Illustration: =William Archibald.=]
=ARGENT, WILLIAM ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10426), 229038, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ARLAIN, EDWIN=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ARMES, JOHN HENRY=, A.B., R.F.R., B. 1756, 211569, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914.
=ARMITAGE, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class, 157690, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ARMSTRONG, ELLERAY FRANCIS=, L.-Corpl., No. 63046, 3rd Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Elleray Armstrong, of Eastmoor Drive, Carlton, Nottingham, by his wife, Jane Davidson, dau. of the late Walter Watson Walker, of Manchester; _b._ Stretford, near Manchester, 9 Feb. 1893; educ. Elmswood College and Sale Grammar School; went to Canada in 1912, and settled down to business in Montreal, returning for a short visit in June, 1914, for a deferred celebration of his twenty-first birthday; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and enlisted, 9 Nov. 1914; came over with the Second Contingent, landing in England, 7 March, 1915; went to France, 1 May, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915, during an attack on the German lines. He was buried near Givenchy, 500 yards east of Duck’s Bill; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote that he “was a grand soldier and man.”
=ARMSTRONG, GEORGE LEIGHTON=, Private, No. 18186, 1st Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Edward Armstrong, 16th (Queen’s) Lancers, by his wife, Isabella (Methuen Street, Wavertree), dau. of John Smart, and grandson of the late Col. Edward Armstrong, of Bedford; _b._ at Edge Hill, Liverpool, 3 March, 1884; educ. at Sefton Park School; joined the Army after the outbreak of war, 22 Nov. 1914, and died of wounds at Neuve Chapelle, 15 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George L. Armstrong.=]
=ARMSTRONG, JAMES=, Stoker P.O., 294264 H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ARMSTRONG, JOHN=, A.B., J. 3996, R.N., killed in action at Tsing-tau, 22 Aug. 1914, on board H.M. Destroyer Kennet while engaged in chasing the German Destroyer S 90.
=ARMSTRONG, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2706, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Robert Armstrong; _b._ Marylebone, London; enlisted 1 June, 1899; served in South Africa, 23 May, 1900, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps: “Belfast,” “Cape Colony,” “Orange Free State”; and King’s medal with two clasps: “South Africa, 1901,” “South Africa, 1902”); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914, to 13 Feb. 1915, when he was killed in action at Cuinchy. Buried in the rear of the trenches there. He _m._ at Marylebone Parish Church, 1 Jan. 1905, Elizabeth (56, Ashmill Street, Lisson Grove, N.W.), dau. of (--) Leonard, and had four children: Charles, _b._ 1 Jan. 1908; Thomas, _b._ 1 May, 1914; Elizabeth, _b._ 4 Oct. 1905; and Annie, _b._ 1 Nov. 1909.
=ARNELL, JAMES ALEXANDER=, Private, No. A. 34446, 10th, formerly 50th, Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of John Arnell, of Calgary (who joined the 56th Battn., 1 May, 1915, as a Military Policeman, and died on active service at Calgary, 27 Dec. following), by his wife, Jessie G. (805, Fifth Avenue, West Calgary, Alberta), dau. of (--) Taylor; _b._ Calgary, 25 Oct. 1894; educ. Calgary, Woodstock College, Ontario, and Mount Royal College (diploma), Calgary; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 23 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action in France, 30 Sept. 1915, by a rifle grenade; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote speaking highly of his conduct. He was a keen sportsman, and had won two medals for Rugby football.
[Illustration: =James Alexander Arnell.=]
=ARNOLD, CHARLES EDGAR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9600), S.S. 106981, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ARNOLD, FERDINAND FRANCK WILLIAM=, Capt. 1st Batt. Suffolk (The 12th) Regt., elder _s._ of Franck Thomas Arnold, of the University College of South Wales, M.A. Trin. Coll. Cambridge, by his wife Edith Maud, dau. of Samuel William Kelly, and grandson of the Rev. Charles Thomas Arnold, of Rugby; _b._ Penarth, near Cardiff, 19 March, 1888; educ. Rugby, and after going through Sandhurst, was gazetted to the 1st Battn. of the Suffolk Regt., 29 Aug. 1906, being promoted Lieut., 6 Mar. 1909, and serving with the Battn. in Malta and Egypt. When war broke out, he was in Khartoum, and acted as Italian Censor, for which he received a letter of thanks from the Sirdar. In Dec. 1914, he was given his company, and on going to the Front in Jan. was appointed Machine-gun Officer to the 84th Infantry Brigade, but afterwards returned to regimental work, taking command of a double company owing to shortage of officers. He was killed in action, near Zonnebeke not far from Ypres, being shot in the trenches, which were enfiladed by the enemy, 23 April, 1915; unm.; buried in the garden of a farmhouse, near Zonnebeke. Capt. Arnold belonged to an old Suffolk family, from a branch of which Dr. Arnold of Rugby was also descended. Many of his forebears served with distinction in the Royal Navy. Capt. Thomas Arnold distinguished himself in 1718 by boarding and taking the colours of the Spanish flagship Royal St. Philip, which are still in the possession of his family. The son of the latter, Thomas Arnold, sailed round the world as midshipman on the Centurion, under Lord Anson, and in 1782, and Aldous Charles Arnold (great-great-grandfather of Capt. F. F. W. Arnold) was present as midshipman in the Royal William at the Siege of Gibraltar. Capt. Arnold was a keen sportsman, and letters from brother officers bear witness to the value that was set upon him in the regt., both as a soldier and as a friend. One wrote: “He was always merry and cheerful, even under the most adverse circumstances, and set an example to officers and men alike.” The late Major Maycock, D.S.O. (late of the 1st Suffolks), wrote as follows: “As you know, your son was my subaltern for two years, and I had the highest opinion of his ability as a soldier. He was a thoroughly keen and efficient officer, and would have gone far had he been spared. I am expecting to go to the Front immediately, and if I rejoin the 1st Battn. I shall miss your son very much. I felt I must write to you both to say how grieved I was to hear of your loss, and to let you know the high opinion I had of your son, personally and professionally.”
[Illustration: =Ferdinand F. W. Arnold.=]
=ARNOLD, HARRY RICHARD=, Private, No. 13058, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; eldest _s._ of Harvey Arnold, of 251, High Street, Henley in Arden, co. Warwick, boot and shoe maker, by his wife Ellen, dau. of John Mills, of Yew Tree View, Henley in Arden; _b._ Henley in Arden, 3 Feb. 1895; educ. Council School there; enlisted 5 Oct. 1914; went to the Front, 7 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Cambrin, by a rifle grenade which fell in the trench, badly wounding him in the back, and breaking his left leg, 6 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Cambrin. Capt. Lloyd, writing to Mrs. Arnold, said that though her son had not been out long, he had proved himself an excellent soldier, and that by his death the Company had lost one of its best and pleasantest members.
[Illustration: =Harry Richard Arnold.=]
=ARNOLD, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9798), 297700, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ARNOLD, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16953, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ARTHUR, CHARLES=, Rifleman, No. 1770, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (Machine Gun Section), only _s._ of the late Richard Arthur, for several years manager at Messrs. Busvines, 4, Brook Street, London, W. [2nd son of James Arthur, of Great Treveryan Farm, Tynardreath, Cornwall], by his wife Emily (Pentillie, Lostwithiel, co Cornwall), dau. of the late Alderman Charles Taylor Cheesman, of Hove, Sussex; _b._ Regent’s Park, London, N.W., 2 July, 1890; educ. Brighton Grammar School and London Orphan School, Watford, at which latter he passed all the local Cambridge Exams, (three with honours), also earning the scholarship given by Mr. J. Debenham for two years’ tuition in Switzerland; he was in the employ of Messrs. Debenham & Co., of Wimpole Street; joined Queen Victoria’s in 1908, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service. He was killed in action near Ypres, 5 Jan. 1915, being buried at Neuve Eglise; _unm._ When at Watford he was Captain of the 1st Eleven cricket team. He also won the championship for swimming, and while in Switzerland gained a diploma for football. At Messrs. Debenham’s Sports Ground he won the silver cup in a tennis tournament.
[Illustration: =Charles Arthur.=]
=ARTHUR, HERBERT GEORGE=, Private, No. 1357, D Coy., 1st (Royal Fusiliers) Battn. The London Regt., 3rd _s._ of Harry Reginald Arthur, of 5, Kingswood Avenue, Kilburn, by his wife, Lydia Arthur, dau. of Benjamin Wyatt; _b._ Kilburn, N.W., 7 Nov. 1895; educ. Kingsgate Road L.C.C. School there, where he was top boy of the school in chemistry, and afterwards obtained a berth in the Haberdashers’ School, Cricklewood, as science master’s assistant. He remained here for three years, and then went to Messrs. Burroughs & Wellcome, chemical manufacturers, Dartford, where he was employed until the outbreak of war. He had joined the 1st Battn. London Regt. in 1911, and, volunteering for active service, left with his regt. for Malta, 4 Sept. 1914, and returned after having passed as a first-class shot. After a few days’ leave, he went to France, and was killed in action, 17 May, 1915; _unm._ His officer, Lieut. H. A. Eiloart, wrote: “He died a soldier’s death in the face of the enemy, being shot in the head and dying instantaneously while firing from our trench. He was in my Half-company and in my platoon from the time we left for Malta up to the time of his death, and I feel his death most keenly, both as a soldier and a man.” His two elder brothers are now (1916) serving in the Army: Gunner H. Arthur, R.M.A., on board H.M.S. Colossus, and Corpl. J. R. Arthur, with the 1st Australian Expeditionary Force.