Gnr
Arthur Victor Sargent
Information about birth
|
Year of birth: 1897 |
|
Place of birth: Tipton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
|
Profession: Clerk |
Army information
|
Country: England, United Kingdom |
|
Force: British Expeditionary Force |
|
Rank: Gunner |
|
Service number: 101293 |
|
Enlistment place: Tipton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
|
Units: — Royal Field Artillery, "C" Bty. 298th Bde. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
|
Date of death: 31/07/1917 |
|
Place of death: Verbrandenmolen, Belgium |
|
Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
|
Age: 20 |
Cemetery
|
Reninghelst New Military Cemetery Plot: III Row: C Grave: 2 |
Distinctions and medals 2
|
British War Medal Medal — 06/04/1920 |
|
Victory Medal Medal — 06/04/1920 |
Points of interest 2
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Enlistment place |
My story
Arthur Victor Sargent was born in 1897 and was the youngest son of John Henry and Nancy Sargent, of Tipton, Staffordshire. Before the war, Arthur was employed as an office worker at Messrs J & C Holcroft Ltd. at Dudley Port Railway station. He enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery in October 1915, and was engaged in the Irish Uprising. By the summer of 1917 he served as a Gunner in “C” Battery of the 298th Army Field Artillery Brigade, which participated in the Battle of Passchendaele.
During the first week of July 1917 the 298th Army Brigade relieved the 26th Army Brigade and deployed it’s guns near the village of Voormezele. On the 22nd and 23rd of July the Brigade occupied new positions at the hamlet of Verbrandenmolen, targeting German positions in wake of the upcoming attack.
The offensive started in the early hours of the 31st of July 1917 and all Batteries of the 298th Army Brigade opened fire at 3.50 a.m. Throughout the day the men fired barrage after barrage in support of the attack of the 72nd Infantry Brigade, which was engaged roughly two kilometres east of Verbrandenmolen.
Arthur Victor Sargent was killed in action on 31 July 1917. The 20-year old Gunner possibly fell, due to German counter shelling, while supporting the infantry attack in Shrewsbury Forest. Arthur was buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery.
During the first week of July 1917 the 298th Army Brigade relieved the 26th Army Brigade and deployed it’s guns near the village of Voormezele. On the 22nd and 23rd of July the Brigade occupied new positions at the hamlet of Verbrandenmolen, targeting German positions in wake of the upcoming attack.
The offensive started in the early hours of the 31st of July 1917 and all Batteries of the 298th Army Brigade opened fire at 3.50 a.m. Throughout the day the men fired barrage after barrage in support of the attack of the 72nd Infantry Brigade, which was engaged roughly two kilometres east of Verbrandenmolen.
Arthur Victor Sargent was killed in action on 31 July 1917. The 20-year old Gunner possibly fell, due to German counter shelling, while supporting the infantry attack in Shrewsbury Forest. Arthur was buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery.
Sources 2
|
Army Troops. 298 Army Field Artillery Brigade, (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/456/7). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Further reference |
|
McCarthy C., Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account, (London, Uniform, 2018), pg. 23-24. Sources used |
More information 3
|
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/153033 |
|
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=222e1143-cde7-47bd-bec1-ad4acfd0e03f |
|
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3902957 |