Sidney Arthur Meakin
View Sidney Arthur on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteRank:
Lieutenant
Service:
North Staffordshire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
1894
Date of death:
17 December 1914
Age at Death:
20
Known information
Sidney Arthur Meakin was a pupil at Oakham school from 1909 until 1914 when the war began. Within five months he was dead, killed in action near Armentieres on 17 December 1914, aged just 20. Sidney was the son of Lewis and Sarah Meakin from Welford, Ashby-de-la-Zouche. He was a Lieutenant with the 4th/1st Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Arthur is buried in grave A.3 of Chapelle d’Armentières Old Military Cemetery and remembered in Oakham School Chapel.
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By BN on Tuesday 17th June '14 at 5:02pm
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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