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Arthur Spreadborough
d.1917 Flanders
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Name Arthur Spreadborough
Gender Male
Birth? 1893 Farnborough, Hampshire,England
Death? 1917 Flanders
Reference Number? 291762210

Arthur joined the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment and subsequently volunteered for the Machine Gun Corps. He subsequently served with the Heavy Branch, who went into battle in the first tanks. Arthur was killed by artillery fire at the Battle of Messines in June 1917, while trying to dig out tank tracks with his Sgt.