CORBETT Arthur Charles

  • First Name(s):
    Arthur 
    Charles 
  • Surname:
    CORBETT
  • Service Number:
    11787
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th June 1915
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 104 to 113.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mary Corbett, of The Bridge, Areley Kings, Stourport, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

CORBETT Arthur Charles Is Named On These Memorials

Areley Kings School
Areley Kings St Bartholomew’s Church WW1 Memorial
Areley Kings War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Listed on all three memorials as Charles Corbett.

Further Information About CORBETT Arthur Charles

Whilst attached to the 1st Worcesters, Charles Corbett was wounded in the arm at Neuve Chapelle and invalided home, being sent to Manchester and Holyhead and afterwards coming home for a fortnight. He returned to Plymouth and later set sail for the Dardanelles where he was killed by bullet passing through his neck on 27th June. He has four brothers serving: Sergeant H.W. Corbett, 17th Lancers, who served through the South African War and has been in France since October. Alf Corbett “Unattached”, went to France with a private motor ambulance to help the wounded with the British Red Cross. Corporal J.J. Corbett, shoeing-smith with the Royal Engineers. Private B.F. Corbett, 2nd Worcesters, badly wounded in the retreat from Mons and taken prisoner, now at Merseburg.

Sources for additional information: Kidderminster Shuttle 31st July 1915, Kidderminster Times 31st July 1915, Kidderminster Times 14th August 1915.

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Credits: Researched by Adrian Carter.