Chilton Arnold

CHILTON, ARNOLD

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	Mr & Late Mrs. Chilton, of 41 High Street, Uttoxeter			1a	2
	J. William and Grace Elizabeth Chilton				4a
Where born	Uttoxeter		Yes		4a
When born	About 1899				3
When born	About 1900				4a
Address	41 High Street, Uttoxeter (Parents)			1a
Address	Uttoxeter		Yes
Spouse
Children
Employment Before Joining up	Employed in Derby ] and also worked for some time at the G.W and M. Dairy in Uttoxeter			1a	2
Where enlisted	Lichfield, Staffordshire		Yes
Regiment	Lancashire Fusiliers	Yes	Yes	1a	7
Battalion	1st/8th Bn.	Yes	Yes
Rank	Private	Yes	Yes
Service Number	57699	Yes	Yes
Date of Death	23 August 1918
Age at time of death	19
Where Killed or died	'France’			1a
	Western European Theatre		Yes
	France/Flanders		Yes
How he died	Killed in Action		Yes	1a	2
Location of Grave or Memorial	Vis-en-Artois Memorial – Panel 5 and 6	Yes
Awards	Victory Medal: Roll H(or 4?)/1/101B39 Page 8135				7
	British Medal: Roll H(or 4?)/1/101B39 Page 8135				7

Arnold was born in 1899 or 1900 in Uttoxeter. His parents were J. William and Grace Elizabeth Chilton of 41 High Street, Uttoxeter.

The 1901 Census4a shows him as living or staying with his grandparents along with another grandson (brother or cousin?) of the same age.

Before the war he was employed in Derby1a and also worked for some time at the G.W and M. Dairy in Uttoxeter1a.

Arnold enlisted at Lichfield at the age of 18 and was posted to the 1st/8th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers as a Private, number 57699.

He had only been in France for a few weeks when he was killed in action1a, 2 on 23rd August 1918. He was 19 years old and there were just three months remaining before the armistice.

Arnold has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 5 or 6 of the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, which is on the main straight road from Arras to Cambrai about 10 kilometres south-east of Arras. It bears the names of over 9000 missing men who fell during the Advance to Victory in Picardy and Artois during the period from 8th August 1918 to the Armistice at 11am on 11th November 1918.

Two of his brothers were also serving with the forces at the time of his death1a.

Arnold was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.