Lance Corporal Arthur Baines was the eldest son of Amos and Annie Baines of Wing, where he was born on 6 June 1880. After leaving school he worked at the Midland Railway offices in Leicester and got married to Florence Wells. He originally enlisted in March 1916 into the Leicestershire Regiment but later transferred to the 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry. He went out to the Western Front on 1 January 1917 and was wounded in September. After recovering at home, he went abroad again in February 1918, and was killed by a sniper on 12 September. Writing to his mother, Lieutenant Blockley said: "Lance Corporal Baines was one of the most promising NCO's in the Battalion, and his Platoon Officer had spoken very highly of the way he had gone about his work." Arthur was originally buried near Havrincourt but his grave was subsequently lost. He is now remembered on Panel 9/10 of the Vis-en-Artois Memorial and on the war memorial in St Peter and St Paul's Church in Wing. Arthur's two brothers also served in France while his cousin Walter Bagley died as a result of the First World War.