Background
Arnold was born to Mary Delamere Tylor and Charles Lowther Arnold on 26 August 1896, in Fareham, Hampshire, England, a great-great-grandson of General
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Benedict Arnold.
Arnold was confirmed in the rank of Flight Sub-Lieutenant, effective from 1 August 1914, when he was assigned to HMS Pembroke on 5 October 1914. He was granted aviators certificate Number. 876 on 28 August 1914.
He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on 31 December 1914.
Arnold was elected to membership of the Royal Aeronautical Club on 5 October 1915. Assigned to Number. He flew a Sopwith Triplane for all five wins.
He then was posted to instructor duty and promoted Major in the newly formed Royal Air Force. His majority brought him command of Number. 79 Squadron.
He remained in the postwar Royal Air Force. On 1 January 1930, he was promoted from Squadron Leader to Wing Commander, and was promoted to Group Captain on 1 January 1936.
By the 1950s, he was working for a bank.
He died in Mozambique in 1954.
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