A PANTER

1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
Service No: 2416
Born: 1892, Hereford
Died: 8 May 1915, Ypres, Belgium (aged 23)
Commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Panel 50

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Arthur Panter was born in 1892 in Hereford to Sidney and Sarah Ann Panter, and had one sister, Elsie May.

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By the turn of the century, the family had settled in Troedrhiwfuwch, South Wales, living at 61 High Street. His father worked as a Labourer in the Colliery (Below Ground), and like many young men of the valleys, Arthur joined the mining workforce in his teenage years, eventually becoming a Hewer by the age of 19, as recorded in the 1911 Census.

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When war broke out, Arthur enlisted in New Tredegar, joining the 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment as Rifleman 2416. He served with distinction on the Western Front during one of the most intense periods of the early war.

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Arthur was killed in action on 8 May 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres, a date which would become tragically known as “Monmouthshire’s Black Day” due to the devastating losses suffered by the regiment in a single engagement. The Monmouthshires were caught in a brutal German counter-attack near Frezenberg Ridge, sustaining heavy casualties.

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He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium (Panel 50), a site that stands as a symbol of remembrance for the thousands of soldiers who gave their lives in the Ypres Salient and were never recovered.

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🕊️ “At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.”