Worcestershire Regiment

Surname	Acworth
Forename	John Arden
Rank	2/Lieut.
Army No
Battalion	3/8th & 1/7th
Commissioned	1917-04-26
Date Of Wounds	1917-10-09
Wounds	Chest wound from a shell splinter at Passchendaele Ridge
Died Killed	1917-10-13
Death Details	Died of wounds. Belgium.
Enlisted Date	Not set
Enlisted Location
Date Of Birth	1898-05-20
Birth Place
Residence	Great Malvern
Discharged	Not set
Theatre Of War	France
Date Of Entry	1917-07-26
Z Class
Surname Spellings
Other Info	He was the younger son of Harry Arbuthnot Acworth of Great Malvern, and Anna Mary Godby Acworth of "The Palms," Orchard Road, Great Malvern. He was educated at Twyford School, Hants, Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Died aged 19, he was wounded in the chest by a shell splinter at Passchendaele on 9th October 1917. He was taken to a Field Ambulance Unit and a dressing station, and then to No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station (Dozinghem) at Westvleteren. However, a few days later gas gangrene developed in the wound and he died in hospital on 13th October 1917 of his wounds. He is buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - grave Ref: XII.H.20.

3/8th Worcestershire Regiment - Second Lieutenant

1/7th Worcestershire Regiment - Second Lieutenant

The British War Medal

The Allied Victory Medal

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Acworth 2/Lieut.