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Capt. · 1/5 North Staffordshire Regiment

Arthur Felix Wedgwood

† 14/03/1917 · aged 39 · Rossignol Wood Cemetery, A.5, Hebuterne; personal inscription: UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY

Personal data

NameWedgwood
InitialsA.F.
Christian nameArthur Felix
Date and place of birthBarlaston, Staffordshire; 18.07.1877
AddressThe Grange, Ightham, Kent
ProfessionCivil Engineer
FamilySon of Clement Francis and Emily Catherine Wedgwood, of Barlaston, Staffs; husband of Katharine Longstaff Wedgwood

Extra information

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Educated at Newcastle-under-Lyme School, Clifton College and Trinity College, Cambridge
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After university, he worked as a civil engineer specialising in the purchase and recovery of shipwrecks.
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Amateur mountaineer and author (The Shadow of a Titan, 1910; Unpublished and Unfinished Stories, 1918, published by his widow)

Military data

RankCapt.
Regiment / Unit1/5 North Staffordshire Regiment
Date of death
Age39
Cemetery / MemorialRossignol Wood Cemetery, A.5, Hebuterne; personal inscription: UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY

Other information

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"Killed in action on the Somme"
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Commemorated on the Trinity College Chapel war memorial and in St John's Church, Barlaston

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