Thursday 8 April 2010

G/4926 Pte Arthur Voice, 7th Bn, Royal Sussex Regt

G/4926 Private Arthur Voice of the 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, was killed in action on the 8th April 1916. He was a Sussex man, born in Newhaven and living in Brighton when he enlisted there on the 14th January 1915. He gave his address as 8 Bedford Building, Kemp Town, and his trade as "Indoor Porter". He was 19 years and six months old, five feet seven inches tall, and with good physical development. His father, William, is recorded as his next of kin.

Arthur was posted to the 3rd Battalion on the 21st January 1915 and then to the 7th Battalion on the 23rd June. He arrived in France the same day. He was posted missing on the 8th April 1916 and in March 1917 his death was accepted for official purposes.

Arthur Voice has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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