Basic Details
Surname
Howard
Forenames
Arthur
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the college website states: ‘Arthur was born in Tunbridge Wells, the second son of Ebenezer Howard and his wife Mary. Arthur was educated at Highfield and Melvill House, Haileybury, and came up to Christ Church in 1904. In 1910, he married Betty Chune Fletcher, the daughter of an eminent physician, Dr George Alfred Chune Fletcher. Howard was severely wounded in France (on the Somme) in 1917, he died of his wounds at St. Wilfred’s Lodge, Bexhill, Sussex six years later. His Estate amounted to £2051 12s 8d, and probate was granted to his wife, and his brother Geoffrey Howard, Barrister.
Primary Service
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Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Bexhill, Sussex
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Little Common, Sussex
Cemetery
St Mark's
Year of death
1923
Month of death
September
Day of death
11
Age at death
38
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds