2nd Lieutenant Arthur Jesson

  • Batt - 6
  • Unit - Bedfordshire Regiment
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 16/11/1916
  • Age - 28

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Jesson of Gumley, Leics. On the 31st January 1920 the Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester published a Roll of Honour, this recorded that Arthur had been a pupil at the school between the years 1901 and 1905. The War Diary for the 15th November 1916 records. Attacked MUNICH TRENCH with rest of the 112th Bde. 4 officers killed. The War Diary for the 16th November 1916 records. Entrenched near WAGGON ROAD.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Bedfordshire Regiment
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Thiepval Mem., Somme, France
  • Place of Residence - Gumley, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - ST. HELEN'S CHURCH, GUMLEY, LEICS
  • Memorial - GUMLEY MEM., LEICS
  • Memorial - WYGGESTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS MEM., LEICESTER

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