Basic Details
Surname
Reigate
Forenames
Arthur
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
210807
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 25 Buckle Street.

(CWGC records that Pioneer Arthur Reigate, regimental number 210807, died aged 33 on 3/12/1917 serving in 32nd Field Company of the Royal Engineers, and is commemorated on Cambrai Memorial in France. They record him as the husband of Charlotte Reigate of 25 Buckle Street in Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great war records Arthur as a native of Croydon, Surrey who enlisted in Peterborough. The Medal Rolls record that he served in the 27th Battalion Middlesex Regiment under regimental number F/3509 before joining the Royal Engineers. The Probate Calendar records that he died on 3/12/1917 in France, that his address for Probate was 25 Buckle Street, Peterborough, and that his widow administered his estate. Arthur Reigate's birth was registered in Croydon District in 1883. On the 1891 census he was living with his parents Joseph and Sarah in Stroud Green Road, Croydon. They were still at that address on the 1901 census, on which Arthur was stated to be working as a postman. Arthur's marriage to Charlotte Key on 27/3/1909 was recorded in the Marriage registers of St John's Church at Shirley in Surrey. On the 1911 census he and Charlotte were living at 31 Bredon Road, East Croydon. The British Postal Service Account Books record that he was transferred to Peterborough in May 1914).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Engineers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pioneer
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
Town of burial
Belle Vue near Passcehdaele
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
December
Day of death
3
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 3 December 1917 and buried at Belle Vue near Passchendaele".
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
25, BUCKLE STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial