We remember Reginald Edwin Southwell

We remember Reginald Edwin Southwell

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Timeline

Timeline

1895
birth Horncastle, Lincolnshire United Kingdom Source:8917225 Source:8917226 1895
1911
dates Age 16 Source:8917352 2nd April 1911
1911
employment Bank Clerk Stamford and Spalding Bank Source:8917352 2nd April 1911
1911
location “Eston”, Barrowby Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire United Kingdom away from home address Source:8917352 2nd April 1911
1914
employment Bank Employee Source:8917317 September 1914
1914
enlistment Boston, Lincolnshire United Kingdom Source:8917317 September 1914
1914
service British Army Private Lincolnshire Regiment Source:8917317 September 1914
1916
dates Age 21 Source:8917225 1st April 1916
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:5290045 24th August 1916
service British Army Private 15204 South Staffordshire Regiment Source:5290045
service British Army Acting Colour Serjeant 15204 South Staffordshire Regiment Source:5290045
service British Army Company Quartermaster Serjeant 15204 South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Service Battalion (Pioneers) Source:8917226
location Horncastle, Lincolnshire United Kingdom Source:8917226
1916
death Died of wounds Returning to his billet, with only 5 yards to go a shell burst, striking him in the stomach. Taken unconscious to the Clearing House Station, he passed peacefully away at 5 a.m. the next morning. France Source:5290045 Source:8917317 Source:8917226 1st April 1916
burial Lapugnoy Military Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France I. F. 19. Source:8917225

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Reginald Edwin
Initials RE
Last Name Southwell
Source 8917226
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Horncastle, Lincolnshire United Kingdom
“Eston”, Barrowby Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire United Kingdom away from home address known 2nd April 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 15204 South Staffordshire Regiment Private
British Army 15204 South Staffordshire Regiment Acting Colour Serjeant
British Army Lincolnshire Regiment Private
British Army 15204 South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Service Battalion (Pioneers) Company Quartermaster Serjeant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Catherine mother
John George Southwell father

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Yvonne27542
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Yvonne27542
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Yvonne27542

External Evidence

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Boston Guardian 15 April 1916 Yvonne27542

Multimedia

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Portrait photograph of R E Southwell Yvonne27542

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