Claim: Arthur Edward Flynn Fawcus (19 October 1886 – 10 August 1936)was educated at Bedford Modern School. and was on active serve in 1911 and served in world war 1 before 1915.
Evidence: Prior to World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. At the outbreak of World War I he was on active service the next day with the King's African Rifles in German East Africa where he served until February 1915 before being sent to Egypt with the 7th Manchester Regiment. He was educated at Bedford Modern School. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Edward Flynn Fawcus DSO MC TD (19 October 1886 – 10 August 1936), was awarded the Military Cross for leading a night attack at Cape Helles in August 1915 at the beginning of the Gallipoli Campaign, awarded the Croix de Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur for his bombing work in the Gallipoli Campaign, awarded the DSO for his Command of a Battalion of the 1/5th North Staffordshire Regiment toward the end of World War I and was afterwards Commander of the 1/5th Sherwood Foresters.