Identity
Person No.
361
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Charles Arthur
Initials
C A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Charles Lewis Reeve and Jessie Maria Allen, of Derwent Siding, Middelburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #2 2nd Lieutenant ALLEN, Charles Arthur, age 24, Force No , Royal Air Force: Born Steynsburg, Cape Colony 14/10/1894; a sugar farmer at Aberfoyle, Tongaat before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment, SAI in 1917; commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Northumberland Fusiliers; served with 48th Squadron on the Western Front; died in an aircraft accident. (In a Bristol Fighter.) Buried/commemorated: Cologne Southern Cemetery, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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