JAMES, Arthur Victor

Credit: CWGC

Serjeant

B Company 1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles

Hampshire Regiment

Arthur was born on the 21st of April 1895 in Gunville, Carisbrooke to Arthur & Clara Malvena (nee MARSH) JAMES who were living at ‘Firwood’, Yarmouth Road in Carisbrooke around the time of Arthur’s death.

Arthur, aged 21, was Killed in Action on the 19th of April 1917 & buried by his comrades near to where he fell. However, over the course of the war his grave was lost, & so Arthur is commemorated by the Commission on the Jerusalem Memorial to The Missing together with 3,311 of his missing First World War comrades.

Arthur is also remembered on the Carisbrooke & IW Rifles War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.