Name
George Arnold
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/02/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
M2/266539
Army Service Corps
728th Mechanical Transport Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HITCHIN CEMETERY
NE. 572.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Hitchin memorials
Wartime Service
He served in the 728th Motor Transport Company and his Service Number was M2/266539.
The unit was formed on the 28th June 1916 and disbanded on the 31st March 1919. It operated solely in Hitchin and its role was as part of the 37th Local Auxiliary Company (Signal Service Training Centre). This was one of the more unusual activities of the Anny Service Corps. The Corps became ‘Royal’ on the 27th November 1918.
The circumstances of his death are not known but he is buried in Hitchin Cemetery in Grave NE 572.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines, Jonty Wild
