Private Arthur John Bland, F/1245
- Batt - 17
- Unit - Middlesex Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 1898
- Died - 28/04/1917
- Age - 18
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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 Elizabeth Bland, born 1857 in Lutton, Lincolnshire, Arthur John was born in the 4th quarter of 1898 at Church End, Finchley, Middlesex, his father was recorded as being at the front, in March 1901 the family home was at Bury House, Gruniesen Road, Finchley, Middlesex. In April 1911 Arthur was a schoolboy and was residing at 33, Bowden Lane, Market Harborough, Leics., this being the family home of his paternal uncle, Elias Bland, an Assembly Room Hall Keeper, born 1861 in Great Glen, Leics., and his wife Elizabeth Ann Bland (nee Atkinson, married in the 3rd quarter of 1895 in the Market Harborough, Leics. district), born 1867 in Lubenham, Leics.
- Conflict - World War I
- Unit - Middlesex Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Arras Mem., Pas De Calais, France
- Born - Church End, Finchley, Middx
- Enlisted - Chelsea, Middx
- Place of Residence - Maida Vale, Middlesex, England
- Memorial - MARKET HARBOROUGH MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - COTTAGE HOSPITAL WAR MEM., MARKET HARBOROUGH, LEICS
