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Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Fox, of The Schoolhouse, Bardsea, Morecambe Bay, Lancs.
Digital gallery of Private Arthur William Fox
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Private Arthur William Fox
46480 Private Arthur William Fox , originally of the 17th Battalion, was captured at St Julien during the gas attack at 2nd Ypres on April 24, 1915 attack while serving in No. 4 Company, 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders). Like many of the 15th Battalion POWs from that battle he was initially interned at Gottingen POW camp in Germany where this photograph was taken.
Image gallery
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Picture taken at the Commonwealth Graves section in the General Cemetery of The Hague, Netherlands
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Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 17th Bn (Seaforth Highlanders- Nova Scotia). Private Fox was a member of the 17th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Grave of Pte Arthur William Fox in Hague CWGC
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46480 Private Arthur William Fox , originally of the 17th Battalion, was captured at St Julien during the gas attack at 2nd Ypres on April 24, 1915 attack while serving in No. 4 Company, 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders). Like many of the 15th Battalion POWs from that battle he was initially interned at Gottingen POW camp in Germany where this photograph was taken.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 410 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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THE HAGUE GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands
The Hague lies 24 kilometres north-west of Rotterdam, 60 kilometres south-west of Amsterdam and the same distance west of Utrecht. The General Cemetery is just north of the city centre, close to the Stadhuis (town hall), and the entrance will be found on the Kerkhoflaan. On entering the cemetery, the war graves are reached by taking the first path on the left and then the fourth path on the right.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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