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The Roll lists his address as 97 Westwood Street, and his forenames as Reginald Charles.
(CWGC records that Charles Reginald Savage, regimental number 203257, died aged 19 on 27/11/1917 serving in 2nd/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, and is commemorated on Cambrai Memorial in France. They record him as the son of Charles and Ellen L Savage of 97 Westwood Street, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he was a native of Peterborough, and that he had formerly served in the Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 23830. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects recorded him as Reginald Charles Savage, regimental number 203257, and that his father Charles was his legatee. The Medal Rolls recorded him as Reginald Charles Savage, and that he had served in the 1/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment before joining the 2/5th Battalion. The Army service file of Reginald Charles Savage records that he was living at 97 Westwood Street, Peterborough when he enlisted on 13/11/1915. Having been in the Reserves from 14/11/1915 to 29/3/1916, he was mobilized on 30/3/1916 and posted to the 8th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 23830. On 6/5/1916 he was transferred to the 4th Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment, with which he served in the UK until 30/8/1916. The next day he was sent to France, where he was transferred to the 1/4th York and Lancaster Regiment on 10/9/1916. At the end of November 1916 he received treatment at a Casualty Clearing Station for impetigo and leg ulcers, and was sent back to the UK on 2/12/1916. On 28/2/1917 he was posted to the 4th Reserves.
On 1/6/1917 he was posted to the 2nd/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment and returned to France. He was serving with the 2nd/5th Battalion when he was reported as wounded and missing on 27/11/1917; he was later presumed to have died on that date. The Army file records Reginald's next of kin as his parents Charles and Ellen Louisa Savage of 97 Westwood Street, Peterborough. Although CWGC and Soldiers Died in the Great War recorded him as "Charles Reginald Savage", his birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1897 as Reginald Charles Savage, which was therefore his legal name. His Army service file records that he enlisted as Reginald Charles Savage, and he was recorded as such on all Army documents).