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Rank : 2nd Lieutenant

Army Number : 12918

Unit : 8th Bn, 11th Bn

Biography :

Served in the ranks with the 8th Bn The Leicestershire Regiment during World War One. Commissioned on 20.1.1916. Killed in Action at Mazingarbe while serving with 11th Bn on 13.4.1917. He is buried at Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.

Further information from the Shrubsole Family Tree website:

Arthur Edward Shrubsole was born in 1894 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England and baptised in St Peter’s church, Leicester 16 Dec 1894 He died 13 Apr 1917 at Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France & is buried at the Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension in Pas de Calais, France.

He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 11th Bn of the Leicestershire Regiment, service number 12918. He was the son of James & Emma Shrubsole.

The War Diary entry for the 13th April 1917 records. MAZINGARBE. At 8.30 a.m. ‘A’ Company commenced work on track and trench through M.3.b. central (LENS 1/10000). At 7.30 pm ‘B’ Company worked on LONDON ROAD and LOOS- HULLUCH ROAD. At 8.00 p.m. ‘C’ Company worked on RAILWAY ALLEY. At 6.00 am ‘D’ Company worked with tunnelling Companies. At 4.05pm MAZINGARBE was shelled by the enemy and a shell burst in ‘B’ Company’s Officers Mess killing 2nd Lt. A.E. Shrubsole and wounding Captain C. Evans. 1 man was wounded and 4 men were sent to hospital with shell shock.

Awarded British War Medal. Victory Medal & 1914-1915 Star.

Date of Birth : 1894

Place of Birth : Leicester

Date of Death : 13.4.1917

Place of Death : Mazingarbe, France

Civil Occupation : Clerk

Period of Service : 1914-17

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders