Myatt, Arthur 1917

London Regiment Cap Badge

Arthur Foster William Myatt MM. Died 3rd December 1917
Arthur was born in 1893 in Walworth, London to father William and mother Ellen (nee Popejoy). He was the first born and had only one brother. The small family (for the time) was because father William had died in 1897, aged 37 years old. By the age of 17, Arthur had become a student teacher and was working for the council. His Mother and her brother William (also a widower) lived at ‘Hollyhocks’, Howard Road, Wokingham in 1911 and throughout the war.

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Rather frustratingly, we do not know how Lance Corporal Myatt won his Military Medal. He had joined the London Regiment, 15th Battalion and was killed on the 3rd December 1917. Due to the place of his burial, we believe Arthur died from his wounds or an illness in hospital.

Name: MYATT, ARTHUR FOSTER WILLIAM
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: London Regiment (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles) Unit Text: 15th Battalion.
Age:24
Date of Death: 03/12/1917
Service No:532791
Awards: M M
Additional information: Son of Ellen Myatt, of “Hollyhocks,” Howard Rd., Wokingham, and the late William Myatt.
Grave/Memorial Reference: P. VI. C. 7A.Cemetery:ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN. During the First World War, Commonwealth camps and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen. A base supply depot and the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were also established in the city. Almost all of the hospitals at Rouen remained there for practically the whole of the war. They included eight general, five stationary, one British Red Cross and one labour hospital, and No. 2 Convalescent Depot. A number of the dead from these hospitals were buried in other cemeteries, but the great majority were taken to the city cemetery of St. Sever. In September 1916, it was found necessary to begin an extension, where the last burial took place in April 1920.

“Hollyhocks,” Howard Rd, Wokingham