Name
Arthur Ion Fraser (DSO)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/11/1917
37
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
9th Hodson’s Horse
"C" Squadron
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
I. A. 17.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 28 Dec 1879 in London son of Arthur Matheson and Mary (Gordon) Fraser of The Bon-Accord, Winnipeg, Canada. Educated at Haileybury College 1893-98 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was unmarried. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant, Indian Cavalry in Jan 1900, promoted Lieutenant and Adjutant in Oct 1907, Captain 1909.
Wartime Service
Promoted to Major Sep 1915. He served 17 years’ service in the Indian Army and went to France with 1st Indian Cavalry Division from Ambala in Nov 1914.
Mentioned in Dispatches (London Gazette 4 Jan 1917) and was killed in action while leading his squadron at the Cambrai front.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
