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Pte. Arthur Kew
British Army 1st Btn. Border Rgt.
from:South Stoke, Oxfordshire
(d.27th January 1917)
Arthur Kew was my great uncle. He was born in 1892 in South Stoke near Oxford. Before joining the army he was a waggoner on a local farm. He was one of at least three brothers who served during WW1.
Arthur's brothers served in local county regiments but Arthur enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery before transferring to 1st Btn. Border Regiment.
On 27th January 1917 he was part of an attack on Landwear Trench, south of le Transloy. The attack was successful but Arthur was killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing.