In Memory of
HAROLD FRANK STARLING
Private
233572
1st/2nd Bn., London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)
who died on
Saturday, 14th April 1917. Age 19.
Additional Information:
Son of Charles and Margaret Starling, of Borough Green, Newmarket.
Commemorative Information
Memorial:
ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
Bay 9
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