Basic Details
Surname
Viney
Forenames
Arthur
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra detail. He worked as a ventilating engineer before he enlisted in August 1914. he was one of the many of the regiment and the region to be lost in the failed attack on the Schwaben Redoubt on 3/9/16 and he is also commemorated on IWM 2689.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Thiepval
Cemetery
Mill Road British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Age at death
24
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Missing