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Challis, Arthur Bracebridge, eldest son of Charles Edward Challis, of Brixton, Surrey, by Jane Alice Ellen, daughter of Edward Ledger Bracebridge, of London; b. March 1, 1872; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (R); left Dec. 1888; adm. a solicitor June 1897; practised at Rochester, firm Hayward, Smith and Challis; served in the Queen's Westminster Volunteers 1900-2, and in the West Kent Yeomanry 1902-14, retiring with the rank of Sergeant in March 1914; 2nd Lieut. Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery R.G.A. Aug. 29, 1914; Lieut. June 1, 1916; temp. Capt. May 1, 1915; temp. Major March 17, 1916, commanding the 2nd H. C. (Kent) Heavy Battery; went out to the western front in Dec. 1917, where he commanded the 133rd Heavy Battery R.G.A.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 23, 1918; killed in action at Agincourt, near Cambrai, Sept. 21, 1918; unm.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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http://firstworldwar.westminster.org.uk/?p=1430
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963