Arthur John Rising

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772499

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

August 30th, 1918

Cemetery:

Upton Wood Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - C.33.

Commemorated at:

Verity Plow Company Memorial Plaque (Toronto)

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Norfolk

Birth city:

Great Yarmouth

Address at enlistment:

260 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

260 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Moulder

Employer:

Verity Plow Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. While taking part in the attack on enemy positions at Upton Wood, he was hit in the body and instantly killed by enemy machine gun bullets.

BX September 14, 1918

Private Arthur John Rising Reported Killed in Action

The father of four little lads and a well-known Brantford man has given his life on the battlefield, in the person of Private Arthur John Rising, who was killed in action on August 30. Mrs. Rising received here sad news yesterday. The fallen hero was for nine years a moulder at the Verity plant, and when he enlisted he lived at 260 Darling Street. He was in France only eleven months after returning from an English hospital, and he had been promised furlough at his old home in England. Arthur, Willie, Richard and Fred are his boys.

BX December 26, 1916

Reported Wounded

In this morning’s casualty list appears the name of Pte. Arthur John Rising of Paris reported wounded. Private Rising enlisted with the 125th Battalion and his address was then given as 260 Darling Street. He is a married man and had four years previous service with the 38th Regiment and 32nd Battery.