Military service
Burial/memorial information
Arthur served at the front for three months with the 22nd Battalion and was evacuated to England after being wounded in Courcelette, in September 1916. Once healed, he was transferred to the engineers troops and returned to the front in Fall 1917. He was killed by a shell near « Railway Wood » in the Ypres Salient, during a resupply patrol.
Digital gallery of Sapper Arthur Dion
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Entrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 567 of 1084. -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 2 April 1918 -
Grave marker
Grave marker
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Dion
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Dion
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Dion
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Dion
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Dion
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Dion
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 398 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium
MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY is located 2 Kilometres east of Ieper town centre, on the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen.
From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.
The MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY is located 800 metres along the Meenseweg on the right hand side of the road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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