Arthur Brewill

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur William Lancelot Brewill DSO TD FRIBA (17 May 1861 – 18 February 1923) was an architect based in Nottingham.

He married Clementine Katherine Thornley in 1881 in St. Andrew's Church, Nottingham.

He was made Lieutenant in the Robin Hood Rifles in 1881 which became the 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters, taking over command of the Battalion on 31 July 1915 at Hooge when they were ordered to dig a new trench and connect the British line where it had been captured by the Germans.

He commanded the Battalion at the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt on 13 October 1915[4] He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects on 21 November 1892, and was Surveyor to the Diocese of Southwell.