Arthur William Morby
View Arthur William on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
38237
Rank:
Private
Service:
Gloucestershire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
1899
Date of death:
21 March 1918
Age at Death:
19
Known information
Arthur William Morby was just 19 when he died, one of around 45 "Teenage Tommies" from Rutland to have been killed in the First World War. He was the son of George and Annie Morby, of North Luffenham, and was a Private in the Gloucestershire Regiment. He was buried in France, at Hanguard Communal Ceemetery, grave II.B.6, and is remembered on the war memorial in the church at North Luffenham.
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Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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