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FLETCHER Arnold Lockhart Lieut

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20624

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Reference
SKR/DAT/IP/20624
Title
FLETCHER Arnold Lockhart Lieut
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: FLETCHER;

Forename(s): Arnold Lockhart;

Initials: AL;

Rank: Lieut;

Born in: Derby;

Previous Battalion: 4 of;

Previous Regiment: Leins Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 193 Coy;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 30-Apr-1917;

Other Data: born Derby, educated Trinity College, Dublin - graduated Civil Engineering 1909 - working on radioactive materials - published a paper "The radioactivity of Leinster Granite" in the Philosophical Magazine.
Father Chief Education Officer of Irish Education Board.
See War Diary 21/12/1916;

Other Notes: FLETCHER, Lieutenant, ARNOLD LOCKHART, 4th Bn. Leinster Regiment attd. 193rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 30th April 1917. Age 28. Son of George and Henrietta M. Fletcher, of "Mona," Shankill, Co. Dublin. Born at Derby. Officers, B. 6. 1. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen - Seine-Maritime, France.;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
1 digital record
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Record URL
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Machine Gun Corps Database

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FLETCHER Arnold Lockhart Lieut