Name
Arthur Snoxell
30 Oct 1887
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/06/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/15644
Royal Sussex Regiment
13th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
III. C. 11.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
No report
UK & Other Memorials
Harpenden Town Memorial, Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Harpenden
Pre War
Arthur was born on 30 October 1887 in Harpenden to Edward Snoxell, a railway platelayer, and Ann (nee Deamer). They were living at Moreton Lane, Harpenden.
By the 1911 Census Arthur was working as a Bricklayers Labourer and the family were living at Luton Road Harpenden.
Wartime Service
Arthur enlisted as a Private in the Hertfordshire Regiment at Hertford. This may have been around Oct/Nov 1914 as his service number was 3664. Later he was transferred to 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment.
The 13th Sussex were in the Front Line at Lancashire Farm, Ypres about late June 1917. They were providing working and carrying parties each night for work around the front line and taking casualties. Arthur seems to have been killed during this time as the Battalion were withdrawn on 22nd June 1917.
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £12 and arrears of £10 19s 11d paid to his mother.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Mary Skinner, Harpenden & District Local History Society (www.harpenden-history.org.uk)
