Name
Arthur Septimus Conway (DSO)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/06/1917
39
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s) Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Distinguished Service Order
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)
VII. R. 1.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Burford War Memorial Cross, Oxfordshire
Pre War
Born on 10 Oct 1877 and baptised on 14 Nov 1877 in Wimbledon, Surrey son of Thomas and Helen Rowena Conway later of the Great House, Witney Street, Burford. Educated at Haileybury College 1891-95 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Regular Army, served in South Africa 1899-1902 including the relief of Kimberley.
Wartime Service
Wounded in 1914, gazetted Major 1 Jan 1916. Awarded Distinguished Service Order (14 Jan 1916).
Killed in action at Mount Sorrel in Belgium.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
