Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Arthur R R Bartlett

Private 10497 Artur Reuben Robert Bartlett enlisted on 27^th February 1917.  He served in the 2^nd Batalliaon Honourable Artillery Company as a stretcher bearer.

Arthur was killed in action on Friday 26^th October 1917 aged 20 years.  Struggling through waist deep mud and machine gun fire, attempting to rescue wounded men lying in water-filled shell holes, working under very heavy fire.  Private Bartlett was killed by a piece of shell, South of Ypres near Vierstraat.  He was baptised at St James The Less on 6^th June 1897.  He lived at 2, North Road Lancing, Sussex.  He worked as a Booking Clerk at Lancing Railway Station.  Arthur’s Grandfather was Postmaster at Lancing Post Office.