WAR VICTIM'S DEATH.
ASHES FOR BATTLEFIELD
LONDON, January 15.
That she would have his body cremated and would scatter his ashes on Hill 60, where he lost so many friends in the Birmingham "Pals" Battalion, was the promise Percy George Arnold, chief steward of the Birmingham Hospital, obtained from his wife on their weddm* day in 1927. °
Arnold, himself a member of the- battalion, was wounded and held prisoner in Germany. He had bullets extracted from his arms and a lung, but continued ailing. ' An X-ray examination in 1927 disclosed 1C pieces of shrapnel deeply embedded in his lungs, the poisoning from which caused lingering death. Arnold refused to cease- work, declariag that he must wear out, not rust out.
His wife was herself ill when he died, and she is awaiting recovery to cross the Channel to fulfil her promise.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 16, 20 January 1931, Page 7
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