Name
Arthur Kidby
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/03/1915
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
2894
London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
9th (County of London) Bn.
'C' Coy,
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WULVERGEM CHURCHYARD
Sp. Mem. 5.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon, St Catherine and St Paul’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon
Pre War
Born on 4 Jan 1896 in Hoddesdon son of Frederick Arthur and Mary (Elkins) Kidby of 19 Hertford Road, Hoddesdon. He was a clerk in the wholesale drapery trade and was a member of Hoddesdon Church Choir. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 2 Sep 1914 in London and entered France on 20 Jan 1915.
He was shot in the head during a heavy burst of fire from the enemy trenches near Wulverghem and died immediately.
His company commander Capt. Herbert Fleming wrote: "He was shot through the head on the 3rd inst. during a heavy burst of fire from the German trenches. He had only been here a short time, but he proved himself a keen and brave soldier. I deplore his loss more than I can say. I was with your boy when he died; he was unconscious, and only lived for a few minutes after he was shot. He has been buried in the churchyard at Wulverghem, and I will see that a cross is erected to his memory."
Additional Information
Brother of Private George Frederick Kidby who was killed on 30 Aug 1918 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
