8108 Pte Arthur Walters, 1st Bn, East Surrey Regt

8108 Private Arthur Walters of the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment holds the unhappy distinction of being the battalion's first fatality during the First World War. He drowned on the 18th August 1914 whilst the battalion was in France. I have covered this in a little more detail on Charles Sabourin's page on my Chailey 1914-1918 site. He is buried in Landrecies Communal Cemetery.

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