Arthur James Olds
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 48577
Parents: Jane and Henry Olds
Home address: 13 Derrick Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Date of birth: 06/04/1899
Place of birth: St. George, Bristol
Date of death: 26/08/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, Somme, France and commemorated on Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 19
Further information:
Arthur was born in St. George in Bristol, the youngest child of a butcher with four sisters and four brothers.
Arthur would have enlisted on his 18th birthday in 1917 and joined the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, his regiment on active service in France where he would have fought in various actions on the Western Front. Arthur was killed in action during the second battle of Bapaume (21 August – 3 September 1918). Bapaume was part of the Hundred Days Offensive (8 August – 11 November 1918) that brought about the end of WW1 but at a cost of over a million allied casualties. Maricourt Military Cemetery, where Arthur is buried was located a very short distance from what was the front line.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/