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Pvt Arthur Quarmby

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Pvt Arthur Quarmby Veteran

Birth
Honley, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
Death
20 Nov 1917 (aged 25–26)
Burial
Hermies, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France GPS-Latitude: 50.111121, Longitude: 3.032679
Plot
Special Memorial A. 12.
Memorial ID
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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

QUARMBY, ARTHUR.
Private. No 241918.
2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
Born Honley. Son of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Quarmby, of Honley.
Lived with his sister, Mrs J. B. Fawcett, 21 Oldfield, Honley.

Employed in the finishing department by Messrs Thomas Dyson and Sons, Deanhouse Mills.
Attended Honley Church and Sunday School and was a member of the Honley Wesleyan Cricket Club. Enlisted April 1916.
Embarked for France in January, 1917.

Killed by a sniper during the Battle of Cambrai on 20.11.1917, aged 26 years.

Buried HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY.
Grave location:- Special Memorial A 12.
ROH:- Honley War Memorial; Huddersfield Drill Hall.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

QUARMBY, ARTHUR.
Private. No 241918.
2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
Born Honley. Son of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Quarmby, of Honley.
Lived with his sister, Mrs J. B. Fawcett, 21 Oldfield, Honley.

Employed in the finishing department by Messrs Thomas Dyson and Sons, Deanhouse Mills.
Attended Honley Church and Sunday School and was a member of the Honley Wesleyan Cricket Club. Enlisted April 1916.
Embarked for France in January, 1917.

Killed by a sniper during the Battle of Cambrai on 20.11.1917, aged 26 years.

Buried HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY.
Grave location:- Special Memorial A 12.
ROH:- Honley War Memorial; Huddersfield Drill Hall.

Gravesite Details

Private, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Age: Unknown.


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  • Maintained by: Eternal Peace
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56041947/arthur-quarmby: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Arthur Quarmby (1891–20 Nov 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56041947, citing Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Hermies, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by Eternal Peace (contributor 48793983).