Biography

Arthur Reginald Green (1888-1918) was born to parents Arthur Charles and Rowena Green of 1 Raymond Terrace, London Rd., Cheltenham in Jan-Mar 1888. He was educated at Douglas School, Victoria Walk and afterwards trained as an accountant. He worked for TO Williams, Payne and Co. of Birmingham and Cheltenham for 12 years. Green enlisted in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars in 1915 in Gloucester and worked in Gloucester, York and London on the clerical staff. He contracted pneumonia in London during the Spanish Flu Pandemic, and died on the 13th October 1918, age 30, less than a month before World War I ended. He died in Hounslow military hospital a few days after entering. He was buried in Cheltenham Borough Cemetery, Plot A1, Grave 2129 and has memorials in Holy Apostles Church, Charlton Kings and St Philip and St James Leckhampton. His efforts during life would have influenced the lives of many who lived in Gloucester, York and London.

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n.b. There was a notice here to the effect that the Arthur Reginald Green below might not be the same as the one above. I now know them to be the same as the number given in the source from which I gathered most of the above information is the same as that of the Arthur Reginald Green below. Apologies for any confusion.

Name: GREEN, Arthur Reginald

Regiment, Corps etc: Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the line (incl. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps)

Battalion etc.: "Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Yeomanry."

Surname: Green

Fornames: Arthur Reginald

Initials: A R

Birthplace: Cheltenham

Enlisted: Gloucester

Residence: Cheltenham

Rank: Corporal

Number: 235850

Date of Birth: Unknown precisely, sometime in Jan-Mar 1888

Date of Death: 13th October 1918

Cause of Death: Spanish Flu

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