1st-5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) (British Army)
Died:
09/10/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
35
Summary
William Arthur Roulston was the Son of Hugh Thompson and Margaret Roulston. He was born about 1881. His father was a Wesleyan Minister. Sergeant William Arthur Roulston, D.C.M. was serving with the 1st/5th Battalion of the London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) when he was killed in action at Caterpillar Valley on 9th October 1916. He was aged 35. The CWGC records William as the son of Hugh Thompson Roulston, a Wesleyan Minister, and Mrs Margaret Roulston, of Dungannon, County Tyrone.
Longueval is 13 kilometres east of Albert. Caterpillar Valley was the name given by the army to the long valley which rises eastwards, past Caterpillar Wood, to the high ground at Guillemont.
