Basic Details
Surname
Pavey
Forenames
Arthur
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Arthur William
Served or died
Died
Service number
8951
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 44 St Leonard's Street.

(CWGC records that Private Arthur William Pavey, regimental number 8951, died on 10/9/1916 serving in the 1st Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Arthur William Pavey died on 10/9/1916, and that his mother Ellen was his legatee. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he was a native of New England (Peterborough), and that he enlisted in Peterborough. Arthur's birth had been registered in Peterborough District in 1891. On the 1891 census he was 3 months old, living with his parents Ellen and Thomas in Crown Street, Peterborough. On the 1901 census they were living at 285 Walpole Street in New England, Peterborough. Arthur's father Thomas died in 1903. On the 1911 census Arthur's widowed mother was living at 680 Lincoln Road in Peterborough, while he himself was serving in Malta as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. On the 1921 Census Ellen Pavey was living in St Leonards Street).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
10
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
44, ST LEONARDS ST
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial