In Memory of
Albert Benjamin Starling
Private
60633
8th Bn., Royal Fusiliers
who died on
Tuesday, 2nd May 1917. Age 23.
Additional Information:
Son of Benjamin and Mary Ann Starling, of Tawney Common, Epping, Essex.
Commemorative Information
Memorial:
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
Bay 3
Location:
The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the
Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. The
cemetery is near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway
station.
The Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 casualties of the British, New Zealand
and South African Forces who died between Spring 1916 and 7th August 1918, with
the exception of casualties of the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, and who have no
known grave.
The design, by Sir Edward Lutyens, consists of a cloister, 25 feet high and 380 feet
long, built up on Doric columns and faces west. In the broader part of the site the
colonnade returns to form a recessed and open court, terminated by an apse. The
names of the casualties are carved on stone panels fixed to the cloister walls.
Historical Information:
The Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 casualties of the British, New Zealand
and South African Forces who died between Spring 1916 and 7th August 1918,
excluding casualties of the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, and who have no known
grave.
The design, by Sir Edward Lutyens, consists of a cloister built upon Doric columns
and faces west. In the broader part of the site the colonnade returns to form a
recessed and open court, terminated by an apse in front of which is the Arras
Flying Services Memorial.
The names of the casualties are carved on stone panels which are fixed to the
cloister walls.
Copyright The Commonwealth War Graves Commission