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West George Arnold 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21368
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- SKR/DAT/IP/21368
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Title (The name of the record)
- West George Arnold 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: West;
Forename(s): George Arnold;
Initials: GA;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Born in: Hull;
Previous Number: C12935;
Previous Battalion: 21 of;
Previous Regiment: KRRC;
Date of transfer to MGC: 22-Sep-1917;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 58 Bn;
Date abroad: 05-May-1916;
Theatre of War: 1;
How killed: DOW;
Where: France;
When killed: 08-Aug-1918;
Other Data: b 3/6/1885
wounded - GSW rt thigh 16/9/1916
to 13 OC Bn Newmarket 5/5/1917
Commissioned 1 E Lanc Regt
married 25/1/1918 - Winifred of 82 Clumber St, Hull
NOK(?) brother: TW West, 96 Endsleigh Gdns, Ilford
Estate 439/7/3d;Other Notes: WEST, Second Lieutenant, GEORGE ARNOLD, 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment attd. Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 8th August 1918. Age 33. Son of George Thomas and Ann Elizabeth West; husband of Winifred West, of 82, Clumber St., Hull. Native of Hull. III. J. 17. Dive Copse British Cemetery - Somme, France.;
Related National Archives files: WO339/84414;
END OF RECORD.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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