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Arthur Cecil Joseph Russell

Forename: Arthur Cecil Joseph

Surname: Russell

Rank: Pioneer

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Institution: St Paul’s Practising School


Arthur Cecil Joseph Russell lived with his wife Anne at 14 Bloomsbury Street, Cheltenham.

He became a Pioneer in the 30th Railway Labour Battalion of the Royal Engineers. Arthur became ill with stomach disease and died in hospital in Liverpool on 13 September 1918, aged 42. He is buried at Cheltenham Cemetery where his headstone reads “Peace Perfect Peace”.