Lance Corporal Arthur Charles Whiston, 18555
- Batt - 9
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section - "A" Company
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 20/01/1916
- Age - 19
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Arthur J. and Lizzie Whiston. The War Diary entry for the 20th January 1916 records. TRENCHES, WEST OF MONCHY. A blind shell penetrated a dug out and killed a NCO. In trench 82 a sentry reported having heard distinct sounds of mining.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. A small coloured sketch entitled 'Make Hay While the Sun Shines' was signed by Arthur C Whiston, Factory Road, Hinckley and dated 6-5-13, when he would have been 16 or 17 years old.
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Photograph submitted by J. Shiel in 2019
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - I A 80, Bienvillers Military Cemetery
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Bienvillers Mil. Cem., France
- Born - Stoke Golding, Leicestershire
- Enlisted - Hinckley, Leicestershire
- Place of Residence - 31 Factory Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
