Rifleman 5397 Arthur George BLUNT

Rifleman 5397 Arthur George Blunt{gallery}Rfn A G Blunt{/gallery}1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 7th November 1914, aged 19

• Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 10
  
• Awarded: 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Thomas and Emma Blunt [nee Harrison]
• NNWFHS Memorials: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Rifleman Blunt
• Ploegsteert Memorial
• Rifle Brigade

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 2 Jan 1895 and baptised 18 Dec 1895 at Northampton
• Lived at 12 Henley Street, Far Cotton, Northampton [1901]
• Lived at 41 Stanley Road, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• Employed as a coal miner [1911 & 1914]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton 18 Feb 1914 [Register of Effects]. Arrived in France 21 Sep 1914 [Medal Card]