Basic Details
Surname
Lightfoot
Forenames
Arthur
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
895185
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 52 Queen's Road, Old Fletton. It records his date of death as 17/10/1918, which differs from official records.

(CWGC records that Gunner A Lightfoot, regimental number 895185, died on 16/10/1918 having served in D Battery 251st Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, and is now buried in grave VI.E.11 at Niederzwehren Cemetery in Kassel, Germany, having been reinterred after the War. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Old Fletton who enlisted at Peterborough, and that he died on 16/10/1918. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects likewise record that he died on 16/10/1918; his father John was his legatee. On the 1911 census Arthur Lightfoot had been aged 12, living with his parents John and Sarah Jane at 23 Queen's Road, Fletton).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Field Artillery
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Gunner
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Germany
Town of death
Langensalza
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
October
Day of death
17
Manner of death as stated
"Died of sickness 17 October 1918 [sic] at War Hospital, Langensalza, whilst Prisoner of War"
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
52 Queens road, Old Fletton
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial