Arthur Sampson Marks (MAR8685)

Basic Information

Unique reference:

MAR8685

Gender:

Male

Birth

Date of birth:

1885

Place of birth:

Hove, Sussex

Death

Date of death:

19 Heshvan 5679 (25 October 1918)

Place of death:

Guy's Hospital, London

Cause of death:

Pneumonia

Burial place:

Jewish Cemetery, Florence Road, Brighton

Image from British Jewry Book of Honour

Military Record

Military service:

Army

Date enlisted/conscripted:

17 October 1914

Date discharged/death:

25 October 1918

Rank at discharge/death:

Lieutenant

Assignments

Regiment:

Royal Sussex Regiment

Battalion/unit:

9th Battalion

Posting:

Sent to France in 1915. "For a year or so he served with a trench mortar battery until invalided home with severe shell shock. He was in various hospitals for another twelve months when he was finally discharged with the honorary rank of lieutenant." - Hove’s Roll of Honour at Hove Reference Library

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De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour
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Medal index card

Roll of Honour

A. S. MARKS, 25 October 1918

Gallery

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Arthur Sampson Marks - Hove and Portslade in the Great War by Judy Middleton
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Headstone at Florence Place Jewish Cemetery
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Brighton Grammar War Memorial
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CWGC commemorative certificate

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