Name
Arthur John Mackie
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/09/1918
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
266514
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Panel 10.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Walkern War Memorial, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Arthur was the son of Albert & Ellen Mackie. He had been employed as a Carpenter by Bert Wright at the brewery in Walkern.
He joined up in 1914 when aged only 17 and had served in France since 1915.
Wartime Service
Formerly 4759 Hertfordshire Regiment.
On the 2nd September 1918 the Battalion were in position at Fremicourt.
A creeping artillery barrage opened an attack on German positions but when the forward companies of the Battalion reached them they were found to be empty of any enemy troops.
The Battalion moved forward for a further 4 miles until they made contact with the enemy.
It was during this action that Arthur was killed.
He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas-De Calais, France.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson, Jonty Wild
