Arthur Cassell

Rank: 
Gunner
Regimental number: 
322869
Unit at enlistment: 
12th Brigade C.F.A., 54th Battery
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
July 21st, 1918
Cemetery: 
Anzin-St. Aubin British Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - III.D.18.
Commemorated at: 
Wellington Street Methodist Church, I.O.O.F. Memorial Tablet and Obelisk Harmony Lodge, Freemason Ozias Lodge No. 508
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Berkshire
Birth city: 
Maidenhead
Address at enlistment: 
150 Albion Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
150 Albion Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Accountant
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
26

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. While acting as telephonist to a sniping section, he was passing orders over the telephone from the forward observing officer, when an enemy high explosive shell fell in front of the gun pit, instantly killing Private Cassell, and wounding several others.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: North of Arras.