Arthur Cutting

A Lance Corporal with the Royal Canadian Dragoons, Arthur died on 23rd of March 1918 at the age of 24. 

Arthur was born at Beccles on 25 March 1892, a son of William and Harriet Cutting. In 1901 his family lived at Nelson Terrace, Fair Close, Beccles. Arthur's father died in 1908 and in 1911 his mother was living at 24 Fair Close, Beccles. 

By 1911 Arthur was serving with the Royal Engineers and was based at Brompton Barracks, Chatham. His Canadian Army attestation papers show that he served in the Royal Engineers for three years and was with 5th Field Troop. The 1911 Census shows that his trade was motor fitter. 

Arthur emigrated to Canada and by mid-1915 was living at 25 Salem Avenue, Toronto, with his mother, Harriet, and Arthur worked as a lineman. 

Arthur was already serving with the Royal Canadian Dragoons (Militia) when he attested for regular service, at Toronto, on 5 August 1915. He arrived at Canterbury, England, on 26 August 1915, and went to France on 21 May 1916. He was appointed paid Lance Corporal on 6 July 1916. 

In February 1917 Arthur began to shows symptoms of Trench Fever. He was treated at 4 Stationary General Hospital from 13 March to 16 April 1917. A medical board, on 20 November 1917, found that Arthur had defective vision and he was downgraded to medical category B.i.i., however, on 28 January 1918 he was raised to category A. He returned to France on 16 February 1918.  

By July 1920 Arthur's mother had returned to England and lived at 6 Gordon Villas, Cambridge Road, Lowestoft.