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Unknown why he is on memorial, both parent dead by 1909.

NAME:                      Arbuthnot, William John
RANK:                      Captain
UNIT:                      Indian Army Reserve of Officers
BATTALION ETC:             attached (as Adjutant) 53rd Sikhs
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 9th January 1917 Mesopotamia
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Basra Memorial, Iraq
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 31. Son of General Sir Charles George Arbuthnot G.C.B. and Lady Caroline Charlotte Arbuthnot. 
                           Joined Indian Civil Service (Assam), Jan. 1910. Appointed 2nd Lt. Indian Army 1915.
                           Nephew of Sir Alexander Arbuthnot K.C.S.I.