In Memory Of
ARNOLD, ARCHIBALD WILLIAM ALFORD
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
6857
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-18
Cause of Death:
Missing in action. On the 18th October 1916, at 3.40 am, three companies of the 1st S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The B Coy failed to realize that they had reached Snag Trench and continued beyond it. They had lost touch with their flanks and only some men succeeded to come back. Only a block was established at 50 metres of The Pimple. The D Company launched an attack at 5.45 pm and Snag Trench was occupied but the machine-gun fire from the Butte de Warlencourt took a heavy toll, leaving a small group in the trench.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XL. E. 15.
Cemetery:
SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of William Isaac and Kate Atkey Arnold, of 6, Shepstone St., Queenstown, Cape Province. Commemoration stone in Queenstown Cemetery. On ROH plaque in Christ Church in Mayfair
