Private 203119 Arthur John ORTON

Private 203119 Arthur John Orton{gallery}Pte A J Orton{/gallery}2/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died of wounds in the Battle of the Ancre, France and Flanders, 1st September 1917, aged 33

• Buried: Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave VI.E.6
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of John and Ellen Orton [nee Johnson]
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI RWR
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Orton
• Dochy Farm New British Cemetery
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1885 at Hinckley, Leics
  
• Lived at  ? Yard, Upper Bond Street, Hinckley [1901]
  
• Employed as a hosiery hand [1901]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton