Kenneth Arbuthnot

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Kenneth Wyndham Arbuthnot (Brighton 23 July 1873 – 25 April 1915, Ypres) was a British soldier.

Joined the Seaforth Highlanders 1893. Relief force in Chitral Campaign, Nile Expedition 1898. Battle of Omdurman, South African War 1900-02 (despatches 1902), Brevet Major 1902, Adjutant to 4th Vol Batt'n 1907-08, Brigade Major Gordon Infantry Brigade (Scottish Command) 1911-14. Killed in action in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, Belgium (2nd Batt'n). There is a magnificent window by Douglas Strachan to his memory in West Hoathly Church, East Sussex.

Grandson of Robert Arbuthnot of Haddo, he had two sons, one of whom was Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet.

[edit] References

• Mrs P S-M Arbuthnot (1920). Memories of the Arbuthnots. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 

[edit] External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Arbuthnot family tree