Basic Details
Surname
Wilson
Forenames
Arthur Reginald
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14552
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 13 Monument Street, Peterborough. It also lists the death of his brother Harry Edgar Wilson.

(CWGC records that Private Arthur Reginald Wilson, regimental number 14552, died on 4/3/1917 serving in 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France.
Soldiers Died in the Great War records Arthur as a native of Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his mother Mary J Wilson was his legatee.
His birth was registered as Arthur Reginald Wilson in the Peterborough District in 1895. He was baptised on 15/8/1895 at All Saints' Church in Peterborough as the son of Mary Jane and Harry Wilson of 52 Monument Street, Peterborough. On the 1911 census he was recorded as Reginald Wilson, living with his parents at 30 Monument Street in Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
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 on memorial
Country of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated on memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
March
Day of death
4
Manner of death as stated
"Reported wounded 4 March 1917, later reported missing presumed killed in action on that date"
Manner of death reference
Missing