Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of William Bent an Agricultural Labourer, Waggoner and Shepherd, born 1873 in Cadeby, Leics., and his wife Sarah, born 1873 in Linton, Derbys. Arthur was born in 1896 in Kirkby Mallory, Leics., his siblings were Edward, born 1898 and Ernest, born 1900, both his siblings were born in Kirkby Mallory, Leics., in March 1901 the family home was at The Bec'ks Farm, Kirkby Mallory, Leics., in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Kirkby Mallory, All Saints. In April 1911 Arthur was employed as a General Farm Labourer and was residing at Kirkby Mallory Lodge, Leics., the home of his employer George Israel Cantrill a Farmer. The War Diary for today records. OLD BRIGADE HQ, FLESQUIRES. 3.00pm. Enemy attacked in large numbers. 59th Division Outpost line under Lt. Col. C. MARTYN D.S.O. M.C. 2nd/7th SHERWOOD FORESTERS withdrawn. Enemy attacked our line and was repulsed with heavy losses. 1 German machine gun (light) captured by number 10 platoon, 3 prisoners brought into Battalion HQ by 2nd/4th LINCOLNSHIRE REGT. Our casualties, 1 officer wounded, 4 other ranks killed, 25 wounded.