Name
Archibald George Loosely
1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/09/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/28966
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Panel 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Berkhamsted memorials, Tunbridge Wells War Memorial, Kent
Pre War
Archibald George Loosley was born in Berkhamsted in 1899, the son of Alfred and Sarah Loosely. He was one of two children and had a younger brother named Albert.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 14 Highfield Road, Berkhamsted, where his father was working as a grocer's carman. They had moved to Tunbridge Wells, Kent by 1911 at which time they were living at 8 Avon Street, his father's occupation was listed as milk carrier and Archibald was a scholar.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Maidstone, Kent in 1917 and joined the the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Battalion.
He was killed in action on 2 September 1918, aged 18. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £3 11s 4d. She also received a pension of five shillings a week.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
