Captain Arthur Charles Hart
2nd. Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Theatre of War - France. Qualifying Date - 18.1.15. Killed in Action on Friday 7th. May 1915 during The Second Battle of Ypres. Lost Without Trace. No Known Grave. Known unto God. Commemorated on Panels 8 and 12 of The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial to The Missing, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. The Offensive started in April 1915, when the Germans released Poison Gas into the Allied lines north of Ypres. Arthur was entitled to The 1915 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal. 6 Ordinary Ranks from the Battalion, under Arthur’s command were also Killed in Action on this day, together with the following fellow Officer:
Second Lieutenant Arthur Harold Seymour Tuke
3rd. Battalion attached to 2nd. Battalion.
Probate details.
1915. HART Arthur Charles of Hillsborough Barracks Sheffield captain Northumberland Fusiliers died 8 May 1915 in France Probate London 17 November to William Henry Spencer Hart lieutenant Leicestershire regiment and Frank Dakers Storey solicitor. Effects £2189 16s. 11d.
Barry Jenkins