Private Reginald Alfred Crick
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1893
Date of Death
9 Oct 1917
War time / or Pre War occupation
Dye worker
Employer
T. Lye & Sons, New Bedford Road
Regiment
Service Number
16481
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
48 Brunswick Street
Luton
Place of Death
Belgium
Grave Location
No known grave
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph , 10th November 1917
Pte Reginald Alfred Crick, 16481, 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, was killed in action on October 9th*, 1917. He was attached to the Headquarters Staff as a runner and was killed instantly in the execution of his duty.
The former straw trade dye worker employed by T. Lye & Sons, New Bedford Road, had enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment on July 6th, 1916, and went to France the following October. (*Based on letters from comrades the Luton News reported that he was killed on October 10th).
Reginald was the son of Arthur James and Martha Crick, of Ridgway Road, Luton. In 1913 he married Daisy Annie Warner in Luton and they had two children. Daisy remarried in 1925.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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