Born in 1891 in Tunstall, Arthur was the next to youngest of the eleven children of Jacob and Mary Ann Wymer, neé Sales.
The family moved to live on Filby Heath when Arthur was aged 2.
Arthur enlisted at Norwich initially with the 1933 Norfolk Regiment. He later transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment. His service number was 43447.
Arthur was a Lance Corporal when he was killed in action in France and Flanders on 9th September 1916 aged 25 years.
Arthur is remembered on the Filby School and Church War Memorials and also on the Thiepval memorial.
The Thiepval Memorial commemorates the 72,194 soldiers of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died on the Somme and have no known grave.
Over 65,000 of these men died between July and November 1916.
The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Arthur was awarded the Victory and the British medals.
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