Neuve Chapelle

Commemorating the Fallen of WW1

The grave of Arthur Lonsdale at Rue Petillon Cemetery. Phptographed for 'Marching in Memory' for Combat Stress, July 2015

The grave of Arthur Lonsdale at Rue Petillon Cemetery. Phptographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015

Today we remember …

13th March 1915.  Arthur Lonsdale, F Social 1905.  Lt, 2nd Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers.  Died of wounds received on 10th March in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.

At Radley he was Captain of Rackets and Fives. Before the War he had planned to enter the priesthood.

Aged 23

Arthur Lonsdale, Lt, 2nd Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died of wounds, 13 March 1915

Arthur Lonsdale, Lt, 2nd Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died of wounds, 13 March 1915