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2nd Lt Arthur George Richard Whitworth
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:"Strathray," Birling Rd, Tunbridge Wells
(d.30th Mar 1918)
Whitworth, Arthur, George, Richard. Second Lieutenant, Died of Wounds on 30th March 1918. Aged 20 years.
Buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme in grave III. A. 17.
Son of Julius Harry and Selina Elton Whitworth, of "Strathray," Birling Rd, Tunbridge Wells. Born at Fordham, Cambs. Educated at Persse School, Cambridge, and Downing College, Cambridge.
19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers records, show that 2nd Lt Whitworth joined the Battalion in France from 24/27th Btn N.F. CWGC records show him as 24th Btn N.F.(Tyneside Irish) He may have been attached.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.