We remember William Robertson Reith

We remember William Robertson Reith

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1885
sibling Frederick William Reith Source:6190332 1885
1886
sibling Thomas S Reith Source:6190332 1886
1887
sibling Margaret Scott Reith Source:6190332 1887
1890
sibling Charles Henry Reith Source:6190332 1890
1892
birth Edinburgh United Kingdom Source:6190332 1892
1894
sibling Arthur James Reith Source:6190332 1894
1896
sibling Douglas Reith Source:6190332 1896
1901
sibling Helena Euphemia Reith Source:6190332 1901
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:3700948 4th March 1916
1919
hospitalisation nephritis Hospital/Institution Source:3700948 9th February 1919 - 17th February 1919
1919
dates Age 27 Source:6192504 17th February 1919
education Woolwich Polythechnic Woolwich United Kingdom Source:6192490
employment lithographic colour printer -- Eltham United Kingdom Source:6190332
service British Army Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 1544 Royal Sussex Regiment Source:3700948
service British Army Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 75391 Tank Corps Source:3700948
service British Army Second Lieutenant Tank Corps Source:3700948
1919
death War Related Sickness William died of nephritis . He had returned to duty on the 6th and was not looking well on the 9th, put under medical observation and sent to the hospital on the 15th where he died two days after. Number seven Casualty Clearing station, France France Source:7150492 Source:3700948 17th February 1919
burial Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais William Robertson Son of William R and E.B. Reith of Eltham Golfclub, London. Remembered with honour DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN France Source:7150492 Source:6192504

Details

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Names
TypeName
First Names William Robertson
Initials WR
Last Name Reith
Source 6190332
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 1544 Royal Sussex Regiment Acting Warrant Officer Class 2
British Army 75391 Tank Corps Acting Warrant Officer Class 2
British Army Tank Corps Second Lieutenant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Euphemia Carruthers Reith mother
William Robertson Reith father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Frederick William Reith brother 1885
Thomas S Reith brother 1886
Margaret Scott Reith sister 1887
Charles Henry Reith brother 1890
Arthur James Reith brother 1894
Helena Euphemia Reith sister 1901
Douglas Reith brother 1896

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1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Marcia19020
Southdown Battalions 1914-1918 Transcription Marcia19020
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Marcia19020
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Marcia19020
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Marcia19020
GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) Transcription Marcia19020
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

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