Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Samuel Foreman, a basket maker, born 1869 in Leicester and his wife Caroline Foreman (nee Sims), born 1870 in Leicester. Arthur was born in 1896 in Leicester, his siblings were, Harry, an errand boy, born 1889, Lizzie, born 1891, Edith, born 1893, Carrie, born 1898 and Clarice, born 1901, all his siblings were born in Leicester, in March 1901 the family home was at 78, Cranbourne Street, Leicester, this being in the ecclesiastical parish of St. Mark’s. In April 1911 Arthur was employed as a messenger boy and was residing in the family home at 78, Cranbourne Street, Leicester, together with his father and mother, now a glove trade worker, and his siblings, Lizzie, a glove trade worker, Edith, a glove trade worker, Clarice, a schoolgirl, Ernest, born 1903 a schoolboy, Kate, born 1906, a schoolgirl and Florrie, born 1909, the latter three siblings were all born in Leicester. The War Diary for today records. At noon our artillery started to bombard. At 1.00pm our smoke and gas started. At 1.50pm smoke and gas stopped. At 2.00pm artillery lifted and Battn assaulted the HOHENZOLLERN REDOUBT. Lt Col R. E. MARTIN was wounded early but remained in the fire trench directing operations for nearly 24 hours and until -?- to the dressing station by Brig Gen KEMP. All officers of the Battn either killed or wounded. The War Diary entry for the following day the 14th October records. In the evening the Battn was relieved by part of the 139th Bde and went back to the LANCASHIRE TRENCH. Roll call revealed that 188 NCO’s and men returned. The Official History of the War – Military Operations (France and Belgium 1915 Volume II) provided the following statistics for the 1st/4th Battn Leicestershire Regiment, officers killed 20, other ranks killed 453. Total losses for the day were 138th Bde 64 officers and 1,476 other ranks. 137th Bde 68 officers and 1,478 other ranks.