Roll of Honour

Private Arthur James Scrivener

Linked to: Bicester
Bicester

Service Number: 23322

Regiment: Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (2nd)

Conflict: World War One

Date of Death: 13th November 1916

Age at Death: 25

Burial/Memorial Location: Redan Ridge Cemetery no.2, Somme, France

Address: 81 Sheep Street, Bicester

Son of Richard Arthur & Matilda Harriett Scrivener, of 81 Sheep Street, Bicester.

"We regret to report that Pte. Arthur James Scrivener, eldest son of Mrs Scrivener, of Sheep-street, Bicester, a member of the O.B.L.I., has been officially reported by the War Office to have been killed on Nov. 13th.
This is the second report which has been received. The first, received some weeks ago, having intimated that he had been posted as missing on the date mentioned.
Great sympathy is felt with Mrs Scrivener, all of whose sons are now serving, and of whom one has already been seriously wounded." Bicester Herald 26/01/1917