Arthur Hoare Hales
Person details
| Forename(s) | Arthur Hoare |
|---|---|
| Surname | Hales |
| Rank | Captain |
| Regiment | The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) |
| Age | |
| Death | Killed in action |
| Place of Death | France |
| Date of Death | 06/07/1916 |
| Year of Entry | 0 |
| House Letter | - |
| School Notes | Master |
| Comments |
Obituary in Radleian of 28/10/1916 Oxford Times article: http://www.theoxfordtimes.net/search/display.var.795832.0.a_lesson_of_history.php |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 1st Battalion |
| Prefect | |
| Military Decorations | [MC] Military Cross; commissioned for gallantry |
| Album Number | 8 |
| Battle | Battle of the Somme |
| Previous Regiment | - |
| Additional Notes |
Added to Imperial War Museum 'Faces of World War One' project and Radley College War Memorial Flickr website on 11 March 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/radley_college_war_memorial/ Corpus Christi College, Oxford Received his commission 'for gallantry' Note in The Radleian 09.03.1914: THE following news from the front may interest some of your readers ; - I have heard several times from Mr. Hales, who is sergeant in the Wiltshires. It will be news to hear that, during his first three days in the trenches, even he was absolutely dead beat, as they had to carry up sandbags to mend the gaps in the trenches. His legs absolutely gave out. On the first night he fell into a Jack Johnson hole and was not dry for a week afterwards. Nor could he use his rifle for a day and a half as it was jammed with mud. He is full of praise for the food and bully beef. He has been under heavy fire several times, but he claims to be very good at keeping his head down. When we returned this term we heard that he had been wounded, but his own account is as follows; "A graze on head and arm from a bullet that splintered through a sand bag. Both wounds quite dry by the time I left the trenches next day." Contributed by HA Lowe |
| Burial or Cemetery | THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 A. |
| Place of Birth | |
| Post School | |
| Shields in Hall |
