2nd Lieut., 4th (Territorial) Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), eldest son of the Rev. Henry Abel Arnold, Rector of Wolsingham, and his wife, Mary Lyle, daughter of Hugh Lyle Smyth, of Barrowmore, Chester, J.P., D.L.; born Barrow Rectory, Co. Chester, 15 August 1897; educated The Leas, Hoylake and Haileybury College; had intended to take Orders in the Church of England.
Obtained a commission 23 November 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders and died of wounds 12 June, 1917, at the Military Hospital, Camiers. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Etaples.
His Commanding Officer wrote: "Shortly after he joined the battalion, I picked him out as being the most conscientious worker, and took him as my Intelligence Officer. He was of the greatest assistance to me during what I suppose will be known as the Battle of Messines, and his untiring energy surprised me on more than one occasion. On two occasions I literally had to order him to take some rest. His end was most unfortunate . . . This was a great shock to me. He was so bright and cheerful, and it was never too much trouble for him to do anything. In fact, he seemed to take a pleasure in doing things for other people. If there was anything doing, he was always one of the first to volunteer. We all miss him very much," and his Major: "He was one of the best officers we have ever had in the battalion, tremendously keen and very thorough in all he did, and worked very hard whenever we were in action. . . . We are all very sorry to have lost him. He had a very high sense of duty, and lived right up to it at all times. Men like him are difficult to replace." Unmarried.
de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-18part three, page 9
His name is also included in a booklet on the names on the Wolsingham Cenotaph compiled by Morris Ward.
