Name
Arthur Charles Tomlin
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/07/1917
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
266199
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
I. C. 6.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial,
4 Co' Hertfordshire Reg' Territorials’ Memorial, Hitchin,
Tilehouse St Baptist Church War Memorial, Hitchin,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour (Book), Hitchin,
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
He was a resident of Hitchin. His home was 11, Russell's Slip, The Wratten, Hitchin and he was unmarried.
His parents lived at 29, Wratten Road, Hitchin and he was their second son. Arthur enlisted in Hertford before Christmas 1914, having worked for P.H. Barker & Son the timber merchants and joiners of Bancroft, Hitchin.
Wartime Service
Arthur served in No. 4 Company of the Regiment with the Regimental Number 266199. The Regiment was in the 118th Brigade of the 39th Division.
He was killed by gas in action in Belgium and was buried in Plot l, Row C, Grave 6 in Dozinghem Military Cemetery in Westvleteren in Belgium. There were a number of Casualty Clearing Stations in the vicinity.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
