ARTHUR GRANT was serving as a Gunner with the 113th Siege Battery, The Royal Garrison Artillery when he was killed in action on 28th September 1918. He was aged 21 and is buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery.

He was the son of Thomas and Gertrude Grant, having been born in Charlton, Northamptonshire of . His father died and his mother re-married Frederick Pinfold and ran the Red Lion in Culworth. At the time of his enlistment he was living at the Gate Inn, Hook Norton, which was being run by his mother, and working as a grocer's assistant.

He enlisted into the RGA on 9th February 1916 and joined the 113th Battery in the field on 26th July 1917. The Siege Batteries were deployed behind the front line, tasked with destroying enemy artillery, supply routes, railways and stores. The batteries were equipped with heavy Howitzer guns firing large calibre 6, 8 or 9.2 inch shells in a high trajectory. The 1113th served with the Guards Division and supported them during the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917 and fought defending against the German Spring Offensive of 1918. Arthur Grant was granted leave home between 11th and 18th September 1918, but was killed 10 days after his return to the front line, during the Battle of the Canal du Nord. His older brother Albert was killed on 21st March 1918.

Steve Kingsford