Lieutenant John Arden Acworth (7180004957)
Summary
1/7 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
Lt Acworth was gazetted to 7 Worcestershire Regiment on 26 April 1917 and left for France on 27 June.
Aged 19, he was wounded at Passchendaele on 9 October 1917 and died in hospital on 13 October. He is buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery.
Faces of the First World War
Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces.
This image is from IWM Collections.
- Worcestershire Rifles - Wikipedia
- John Arden (“Honest John”) Acworth — Magdalen War Memorial
- Magdalen War Memorial
- 19 1 1914 hi-res stock photography and images - Page 2 - Alamy
- On april 27 Black and White Stock Photos & Images - Page 3 - Alamy
- Aged 9 left Black and White Stock Photos & Images - Alamy
- 7 1917 france hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
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great britain
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dozinghem military cemetery
photographs of world war i
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worcestershire regiment
faces of the first world war
wwi
first world war
military portrait
military
officer
military uniforms
Date
1914 - 1918
Source
UK Government artistic works
Link
Copyright info
public domain