Arthur George Towell
View Arthur George on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
40815
Rank:
Private
Service:
Leicestershire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
30 June 1894
Date of death:
22 March 1918
Age at Death:
23
Known information
Private Arthur George Towell, who enlisted in Oakham in the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, was the son of Arthur and Mary Towell of Geeston, Ketton, and was born on 30 June 1894, at Stamford. A labourer, he joined the Army on 20 November 1914, and after service in Ireland, went out to France on 27 April 1916. He fought on the Somme, at Loos, Lens and Cambrai, before being killed on the second day of the big German offensive in March 1918 when his battalion was defending the line between Lagnicourt and Vaulx. He has no known grave and is remembered on Bay 5 of the Arras Memorial as well as on Ketton's war memorial.
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A picture of his name on the memorial, taken 19 March 2016.By John Stokes on Saturday 19th March '16 at 9:55pm
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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