Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford in 1914 and the college archives add: 'Arthur Bedells matriculated in 1914 but left the College the following term to take up a commission the 11th Essex Regiment. He served in France with his friend and contemporary Arthur Herbert Raynes (also listed on this memorial), also of the 11th Essex Regiment. Both Bedells and Raynes were reported missing on 26 September 1915, the second day of the Battle of Loos, and it was not until November 1917 that Second Lieutenant Arthur Bedells’ family had confirmation that he had in fact died on 26 September 1915 of wounds received in action.