Name
Arthur John Chandler
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/09/1917
49
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Staff Sergeant
12208
East African Military Labour Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
NAIROBI SOUTH CEMETERY
VI. A. 5.
Kenya
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 10 Jun 1868 in Suffolk and baptised on 31 Aug 1873 in Hayes, Kent son of Robert Samuel and Louisa Chandler. Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1879-84 he lived in America, Hong Kong and finally settled in South Africa where he married Johanna Mathilda Behr and had five children.
Wartime Service
Served in the Durban Light Infantry in South Africa 1899-1901, was present at Spion Kop and the relief of Ladysmith when he was wounded and invalided out. He volunteered again in Jul 1917 for a Regiment in East Africa but contracted malaria and died in Nairobi.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
