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NAME:                      Atherton, Arthur
RANK:                      Lance Corporal
UNIT:                      Hampshire Regiment
BATTALION ETC:             17th Entrenching Battalion previously 14th Service Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         9322
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 23rd March 1918
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born about 1895 Portsmouth, Hampshire.
                           Son of Robert & Prudence (died 1897) Atherton.
                           In 1911 (father remarried 1899 to Caroline) family living at 14 Regent Street, Southsea, Portsmouth.
                           Born: Fratton, Hants. Enlisted: Portsmouth.
                           Brother of Frank who also died.