Lt Arthur Anson, 3rd Bn, Grenadier Guards

According to Officers Died in The Great War, Lt Arthur Anson of the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards was killed in action on the 8th October 1915. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, however, records his date of death as the 11th October 1915, whilst his medal index card held at the National Archives notes that he was killed in action on the 27th September 1915.

Of the three dates, the CWGC one is probably the most accurate and an examionation of his file at the NA, and the battalion war diary might categorically determine when Arthur was actually killed.

Arthur was the son of the Honourable F W Anson and is buried at Phalempin Communal Cemetery in France. He had arrived in France on 26th July 1915. The address on the reverse of his medal index card (that is, the address to which his medals would have been sent) is E F Cape Esq, c/o Hon Mr F Anson, Glemtards [probably an incorrect transcription on my part], Veredam Road, St Albans.

Arthur appears on the 1901 census as a five year old living at Cell Barnes in St Albans with his parents, his uncle (a 42 year old major with the Highland Light Infantry) and ten servants. His father is described on the census as a Justice of the Peace.

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