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• Name DAFT
• Initials AG
• First name ARTHUR GERVASE
• Place of birth Old Woodhall
• Country Lincolnshire, England
• Last residence Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
• Family Son of Arthur William and Annie Daft, of Ivanhoe, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire; a brother, John William and two sisters, Annie and Gwendolen;
• Profession Waiter
• Extra info At the outbreak of war, Arthur was resident in Canada. He joined a Canadian Regiment but the regiment was disbanded. He at once returned home to enlist in the Sherwood Foresters. His Father served with the Lincolnshire Yeomanry whilst his younger brother served as a farrier with the 1st Field Ambulance Corps;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 26 October 1914, Nottingham
• Service number 3238
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st/7th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
• Division - Brigade 139th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 46th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career To France on 25 June 1915

Death

• Wounded 31 August, Canal Bank
• Type of wounds Died of multiple gunshot wounds at 11.15 a.m., in n°10 CCS;
• Date of death 1 September 1915
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery III - C - 38A

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