Other Information:Arthur joined No 17 Casualty Clearing Station for duty on 8th May 1915. Around 9.20pm on 17th August 1917 an enemy aeroplane dropped two bombs over the compound of the unit. One fell about 10 yards west of the Walking Wounded camp and the other about 5 yards north of the personnel encampment, resulting in 6 being killed and 13 wounded. Arthur was one of the casualties. He was the son of Joseph James and Eliza Gillett of 82 Watton Road, Ware, Herts.
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