G/14397, Private, 7th East Kent Regiment.
Killed In Action on the 17th December 1918 aged 18.
Arthur was the son of Alfred & Alice Avis of Coles Green, Benington.
On the 17th December 1918, a month after the armistice, the Battalion were located in the village of Malicourt. Arthur was a member of a working party involved in salvage work around the village, recovering munitions. One of the members of the working party dropped a 3” German Minenwerfer which exploded and instantly killed seven men and wounded a further twenty-five. Later that day, six of these wounded men died from their injuries. The funerals of those who died took place at 2.15pm on the 18th December.
Arthur is buried in the Honnechy British Cemetery, France. (1. B. 4.)
Medal Entitlement: British War Medal & Victory Medal