8513 Pte Arnold Balmforth of the 2nd Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment, was killed in action on the 21st December 1915. He was 29 years old and the son of John Balmforth.
Arnold was born in Rossington, Doncaster and enlisted in Doncaster on 9th October 1906. He is buried in La Brique Military Cemetery No 2 in France. His partial service record survives in the WO 363 series at the National Archives (and also on Ancestry).
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War
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