Nuneaton &
North Warwickshire
Family History Society
The friendly family history society for all of North Warwickshire
The friendly family history society for all of North Warwickshire
5th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Died of wounds, received at Gallipoli, at the Pieta Military Hospital, Malta, 31st May 1915, age 21
Buried at Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta
Commemorated Panel 44 on the Australian War Memorial
Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
Son of Albert and Elizabeth Clare Lacey
Brother of Pte Albert Thomas Lacey
NNWFHS Memorial – Glascote
Links to Relevant Information
Click here for Pte Lacey’s 32-page Australian Army Records, including letters and joining up forms.
Other Information
1901 Census, living at 99 Gungate, Tamworth, Staffordshire with his parents Albert & Elizabeth, and his siblings.
1911 Census, living at Home Farm, Hints, Tamworth with the Dawson family, employed by them as a shepperd
Arrived in Australia on 19th June 1912, age 18, aboard SS Kaikoura – the New Zealand Shipping Company. Listed as a ‘farm worker’
Lived in Ripponlea, Victoria
In the Tamworth Herald, 3rd June 1916:
In loving memory of Arthur A. Lacey, the beloved son of Albert and Elizabeth Lacey of Glascote, who died at Malta, May 31, 1915, from wounds recieved in the Dardanelles.
“Sick, dying in a foreign land.
No father by to take his hand,
No mother near to close his eyes,
Far from his native land he lies.”
“Rest in peace.”
From his loving Mother, Father, Sisters and Brothers.
In the Tamworth Herald, 4th June 1927
“LACEY – In loving memory of Rifleman Albert Thomas Lacey, K.R.R., dearly beloved son of Albert and Elizabeth Lacey, of Glascote, killed in action at the Battle of Arras, April 9 1917, age 31 years; also of Athur, who died at Malta from wounds received in the Dardanelles and interred at Pieta Cemetery, Malta.. May 31, 1915 aged 21 years. “Rest in Peace.” – From mother, father, sisters and brothers. Glascote and Kettlebrook.”