Enlistment
Arthur was enlisted at the end of November 1915, and was immediately posted on the Army Reserve list. However, His employer, Whipple and Co of Grantham, wrote asking that he be exempted on the basis that the business needed him as so many employees had been called up. They say he had worked for them for 11 years, which would have meant that he was 15 when he started at Whipples. The claim was well documented (see below) but was eventually rejected and replaced by a deferrment to "Group 18". He eventually signed up as a full time soldier on 9th May 1916