In Memory Of

CARLISLE, ARTHUR DOWLEY

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 1889-06-06
Service No:
 968
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 1st Regt.
Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood. Brigadier-General Lukin was ordered to support the attack of the 11th Royal Scots [27th Brigade] on the orchard, situated in the northern sector of Longueval, between North Street and Flers Road. The Scots would attack along North Street while B and C Companies of the 1st SAI would attack northwards in the wood, parallel to the Royal Scots. The South African attack also failed. The enemy fire scythed down the advancing troops.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Mary Ann Carlisle, of Plumstead, London, and the late Henry John Carlisle. Born Plumstead, London. An assistant librarian in Woolwich, London 1911. Emigrated to South Africa. Employed with Port Elizabeth Library. Commemoration stone in London (Plumstead) Cemetery. Commemorated on Port Elizabeth Library & the Port Elizabeth Cenotaph WWI Memorials.