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Pte. Arthur Lewis Tate
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Acton, London
(d.9th October 1917)
Private Arthur Lewis Tate was born in Holborn in 1893. His family moved to 19 Gloucester Road, Acton and he was educated at St Mary's School.
He enlisted in Hounslow with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, service no. L/15226. At the beginning of the war he was serving in India, then served in France and the Dardanelles where he caught malaria. He was then moved to the Western Front and died on the 9th of October 1917, aged 24 during the third Battle of Ypres. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.