Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Argyle
Percival Edgar Argyle
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: ARGYLE, Percival Edgar
Status: Died
Address: 25 East St Helen's
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment: East Lancashire Regiment
Chronology: from April 1915, France
Cause of Death: Killed
Place at death: nr Arras
Date of death: 9 April 1917
Buried or Commemorated: Buried in POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES, Pas de Calais, France.
Reference: Plot III Row C Grave 3
There are entries in the Roll of Honour for other Abingdon men with this surname. To find them go to
Percival was a nephew of George Argyle, the founder of the Abingdon dairy by that name. The family were traditionally of Non Conformist religious adherence. For more information about George and the family business read the article published by the AAAHS on their "Abingdon Buildings and People" website on this link:
https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/abingdon_people/george-argyle-and-beginnings-argyle-dairy
Other serving members of the Argyle family
Percival (featured above) was also shown in this collection of photographs in a newspaper which featured all the young men from this address who had enlisted. The contemporary obituary above mentioned "three brothers serving at the front" but there does not seem to be an entry in the Abingdon Roll of Honour for each of them, there being only 3 in total including Percival's.
In the postcard below there is mention of "Aubrey" joining a regiment which the writer at first thinks is Wiltshire and later amends to Warwickshire. The Roll of Honour has an Aubrey Argyle as being in the Durham Light Infantry. This does not match with the newspaper details of either of the sons of Mrs Argyle whose names begin with A. Did the writer have it wrong or did a change of regiment take place? - Percival's own career shows that some men chose to change regiment to meet their aspirations for active service.
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Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: ARGYLE, Aubrey
Status: Returned
Address: 25 East St Helen's
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 13th
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry
Chronology: from September 1914, France, Belgium, Germany
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Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: ARGYLE, Harold William Hall
Status: Returned
Address: 25 East St Helen's
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: Observer
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Chronology: February 1915 to May 1919, France
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