Private Arthur Clarke Chandler
Army Number : 13626
Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born at Thrumpton, Nottinghamshire. Son of Charles and Mary Ann Chandler, of 4 Darrell Road, Retford. He was telegraphist for the Great Northern Railway prior to enlisting 28th August 1914 at Retford. He went to France 26th January 1915 and suffered gunshot wounds to his head 9th August 1915, He was treated at No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station at Abeele, 10th August 1915, transferred to No. 10 Stationary Hospital where he died of wounds 7th September 1915, aged 20.
Buried : Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 26.
Private Arthur Clarke Chandler is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Retford War Memorial, Retford, Nottinghamshire.
St Saviours Church War memorial, Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
His brother Private Leonard Chandler, 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment also fell in the Great War.