MARE, ARTHUR LLEWELLYN
Rank: Major
Date of Death: 27/05/1918
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery 33rd Bde.
Panel Reference
Memorial SOISSONS MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Charles Dennis Mare and Mary Llewellyn Mare.

Historical Information
The original British Expeditionary Force crossed the Aisne in August 1914 a few kilometres west of Soissons, and re-crossed it in September a few kilometres east. For the next three and a half years, this part of the front was held by French forces and the city remained within the range of German artillery. 
At the end of April 1918, five divisions of Commonwealth forces (IX Corps) were posted to the French 6th Army in this sector to rest and refit following the German offensives on the Somme and Lys. Here, at the end of May, they found themselves facing the overwhelming German attack which, despite fierce opposition, pushed the Allies back across the Aisne to the Marne. Having suffered 15,000 fatal casualties, IX Corps was withdrawn from this front in early July, but was replaced by XXII Corps, who took part in the Allied counter attack that had driven back the Germans by early August and recovered the lost ground.
The Soissons Memorial commemorates almost 4,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom forces who died during the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne in 1918 and who have no known grave.
The memorial was designed by G.H. Holt and V.O. Rees, with sculpture by Eric Kennington. It was unveiled by Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon on 22 July 1928.

Name:	Arthur Llewellyn Mare
Death Date:	27 May 1918
Rank:	T/Lieutenant (A/Major)
Regiment:	Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery
Type of Casualty:	Killed in action
Comments:	33 Bd [Soldiers died]

BJ: 20 July 1918: Killed in action. Captain Arthur L Mare. Son of the late Charles Dennis Mare of The Cottage, Bridgnorth.
[Medal card] Arthur Llewellyn Mare, Cpl 12627 in Liverpool Regt then T/Lt A/Maj 33 bde RFA.  N of Kin brother D. who lived in Tilney, Saskatchewan, Canada.