Police Constable William Edward Arnold

William Edward Arnold, Police Constable #406 of No. 6 Police Station (in the Queen St W and Cowan Avenue area), lived at 97 Argyle Street with his wife Edith and their child. Arnold had previously served as a police officer with the Hampshire Constabulary in England.

Constable Arnold, with previous service in the British Army, enlisted with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, a unit composed almost entirely of military veterans, on August 28^th 1914 in Ottawa. Arnold sailed to England on the SS Royal George with the first Canadian contingent. He proceeded to France in December 1914, moving to the front lines. On March 17^th 1915, while serving in front line trenches near Dickebusch, Belgium, Arnold was struck and severely wounded by a sniper's bullet. The round had pierced his lung and, nine days later, Friday, March 26^th 1915, Arnold died of his wounds.

Constable William Edward Arnold lies buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery in France.