COUCHMAN Arthur Reginald

  • First Name(s):
    Arthur 
    Reginald 
  • Surname:
    COUCHMAN
  • Service Number:
    PS25221
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Fusiliers
  • Battalion:
    12th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th August 1916
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Delville Wood Cemetery, France, Grave XII. H. 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James Richard and Mary Louisa Couchman, 39 Braydon Rd., Stamford Hill, London

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COUCHMAN Arthur Reginald Is Named On These Memorials

Austin Motor Company WW1 Roll of Honour No 1 now in Northfield Royal British Legion Club
Austin Motor Company WW1 Roll of Honour No 2 now in Northfield Royal British Legion Club

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Austin Motor Company WW1 Roll of Honour No 1 now in Northfield Royal British Legion Club under Commercial Staff with the information: 2nd Batt City of London Old Boys Corps
Austin Motor Company WW1 Roll of Honour No 2 now in Northfield Royal British Legion Club under Commercial Staff with the information: 2nd Batt City of London Old Boys Corps

Further Information About COUCHMAN Arthur Reginald

A.R. Couchman is not indicated as a casualty on either Roll of Honour.  It has not been possible to identify him on any relevant census with a link to Austin Rover.  Regimental information given on the Roll of Honour suggests he may have been and older ex-serviceman who survived the war although it has not been possible to positively identify him in the General Register Office birth and death records.  There is some slightly conflicting information on a casualty of the Great War that may relate to this person and this is given above with additional information below.

Arthur Reginald Couchman was born in Stoke Newington, London in 1893.  he enlisted in Birmingham and went to France on 14th November 1915.

National Roll of the Great War:
Couchman A.R., Private, Royal Fusiliers
He volunteered in August 1914 and was drafted to France in the following year.  He was in action in many important engagements on the Western Front, but owing to ill-health returned to England and was subsequently discharged in August 1916.  He holds the 1914-15 Star and the General Service and Victory Medals. 39 Braydon Road, Stoke Newington, N.16.

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Credits: Researched by Andy Frisby and Sandra Taylor.