Name
Arthur Robert Horatio Pegram
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/08/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
42174
Royal Irish Rifles
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES
III. E. 9.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hatfield Town Memorial, Hatfield In Memoriam Book
Pre War
Arthur born on 21st October 1897 and was the son of Albert Robert and Bertha Emily Pegram, later of Batterdale, Hatfield, Herts. Christened on the 14th August 1898 at Essendon, Hertfordshire.
In the 1901 Census Arthur, aged 3, was living with his parents and siblings, in Batterdale, Hatfield. His father was a joiner (estate) carpenter and that was still the case in 1911.
Officially recorded as born in Hatfield when he enlisted there.
Wartime Service
He was formerly M/225260. R.A.S.C. but became Rifleman 42174, 10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles Regiment.
The Bishop’s Hatfield Parish Magazine of February 1917, in the 29th list of men mobilised from Hatfield, recorded “Pegram, Arthur – Batterdale – Rifle Battalion.” and then in September 1917: “Arthur Pegram – Kings Irish Rifles.”
Awarded the Victory Meal and British War Medal.
Additional Information
Hatfield Parish Council Souvenir Committee Ledger: Mrs Pegram (Mother) of Batterdale, Hatfield received an “In Memoriam and Roll of Honour Album”.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Christine & Derek Martindale, Hatfield Local History Society (www.hatfieldhistory.uk)
