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Rank : Private

Army Number : 8530

Unit : 2nd Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Rugby. Enlisted at Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Was serving in India with the 2nd Bn in 1912. Served in World War One. Died of wounds in France and Flanders campaign 10.12.1914. He is buried at Le Touret Military Cemetery, Avoue, Pas de Calais, France.

Arthur Reynolds was born Albert Arthur BAYLISS in 1891. He was baptised on 28th May 1893 in Southam Parish Church, Warwickshire. His parents were George Bayliss and Emily (nee SEATON) who married in Southam on 5th April 1890. Later in 1893 George Bayliss, a labourer, died at the age of 35. In 1896, Emily married Alexander REYNOLDS, a labourer and Town Cryer of Rugby.

By 1901 the family was living at 4 Gas Street, Rugby. Arthur is listed as Arthur Bayliss, step son of Alexander.

He attended Murray School and in 1908, at the age of 18, Arthur, now known as Arthur Reynolds, joined the Leicestershire Regiment. He was 5ft 6 ½in and 132 lb. He had a fresh complexion and brown hair and eyes.

After time at Shorncliffe and Aldershot, in March 1910 he sailed for India where he spent the next 4 years. On 12th October 1914, he landed at Marseilles in France with the 2nd Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment.

On 10th December 1914 Arthur died of wounds in Northern France. The fighting of the First Battle of Ypres had died down by now and soldiers had settled down to life in the trenches. The “Christmas Truce” was near. It is not known how long he before he had been wounded; if it was in battle or by sniper fire.

Place of Birth : Southam & & Warwickshire

Date of Death : 10.12.1914

Place of Death : & & France

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : & & India