Life story: Reginald Walter Cuff | Lives of the First World War

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1887

birth Mappowder, Dorset United Kingdom Source:6309232 Source:7649479 12th September 1887

1890

sibling Olive A Cuff Source:7649479 1890

1891

location Boyword, Hammond Street, Mappowder United Kingdom parents address Source:7649479 5th April 1891

1906

service Royal Navy Stoker 2nd Class 309680 HMS Vivid II Source:6628104 13th February 1906 - 6th May 1906

1906

service Royal Navy Stoker 2nd Class 309680 HMS Hogue Source:6628104 7th May 1906 - 18th September 1906

1906

service Royal Navy Stoker 2nd Class 309680 HMS Vivid II Source:6628104 19th September 1906 - 4th January 1907

1907

service Royal Navy Stoker 2nd Class 309680 HMS Cornwall Source:6628104 5th January 1907 - 30th May 1907

1907

service Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class 309680 HMS Cornwall Source:6628104 30th May 1907 - 17th September 1907

1907

service Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class 309680 HMS Vivid II Source:6628104 18th September 1907 - 30th September 1907

1907

service Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class 309680 HMS Leander Source:6628104 1st October 1907 - 19th October 1907

1907

service Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class 309680 HMS Vivid II Source:6628104 20th October 1907 - 12th January 1908

1908

service Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class 309680 HMS Royal Arthur Source:6628104 13th January 1908 - 3rd March 1908

1908

service Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class 309680 HMS Thistle Source:6628104 4th March 1908 - 1st January 1910

1910

service Royal Navy Acting Leading Stoker 309689 HMS Thistle Source:6628104 1st January 1910 - 18th March 1910

1910

service Royal Navy Acting Leading Stoker 309680 HMS Edgar Source:6628104 19th March 1910 - 21st May 1910

1910

service Royal Navy Acting Leading Stoker 309680 HMS Vivid I Source:6628104 22nd May 1910 - 16th September 1910

1910

service Royal Navy Acting Leading Stoker 309680 HMS Indus Source:6628104 17th September 1910 - 15th December 1910

1910

service Royal Navy Acting Stoker Petty Officer 309680 HMS Indus Source:6628104 15th December 1910 - 31st December 1910

1911

service Royal Navy Acting Stoker Petty Officer 309680 HMS Vivid II Source:6628104 1st January 1911 - 22nd January 1911

1911

service Royal Navy Acting Stoker Petty Officer 309680 HMS Bellerophon Source:6628104 23rd January 1911 - 15th December 1911

1911

service Royal Navy Stoker Petty Officer 309680 HMS Bellerophon Source:6628104 15th December 1911 - 31st December 1912

1913

service Royal Navy Stoker Petty Officer 309680 HMS Pembroke II Source:6628104 1st January 1913 - 30th July 1914

1914

service Royal Navy Stoker Petty Officer 309680 HMS Attentive II Source:6628104 31st July 1914 - 1st August 1914

1914

service Royal Navy Acting Mechanician 309680 HMS Attentive II (HMS Afridi) Source:6628104 1st August 1914 - 2nd February 1915

1915

service Royal Navy Acting Mechanician 309680 HMS Vivid II Source:6628104 3rd February 1915 - 12th February 1915

1915

service Royal Navy Acting Mechanician 309680 HMS Defence Source:6628104 13th February 1915 - 1st January 1916

1916

service Royal Navy Mechanician 309680 HMS Defence Source:6628104 1st January 1916 - 31st May 1916

marriage Eleanor Source:8548162

service Royal Navy 309680 Source:6309232

1916

death Killed in Action aboard HMS Defence Source:7071162 Source:8548162 31st May 1916

burial Plymouth Naval Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Devon United Kingdom Source:7071162

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Reginald Walter
Initials	RW
Last Name	Cuff
Source	6309232

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
Boyword, Hammond Street, Mappowder	United Kingdom	parents address	known 5th April 1891

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Rank
Royal Navy	309680
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Vivid II	Stoker 2nd Class
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Hogue	Stoker 2nd Class
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Vivid II	Stoker 2nd Class
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Cornwall	Stoker 2nd Class
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Cornwall	Stoker 1st Class
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Vivid II	Stoker 1st Class
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Leander	Stoker 1st Class
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Vivid II	Stoker 1st Class
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Royal Arthur	Stoker 1st Class
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Thistle	Stoker 1st Class
Royal Navy	309689	HMS Thistle	Acting Leading Stoker
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Edgar	Acting Leading Stoker
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Vivid I	Acting Leading Stoker
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Indus	Acting Leading Stoker
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Indus	Acting Stoker Petty Officer
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Vivid II	Acting Stoker Petty Officer
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Bellerophon	Acting Stoker Petty Officer
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Bellerophon	Stoker Petty Officer
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Pembroke II	Stoker Petty Officer
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Attentive II	Stoker Petty Officer
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Attentive II (HMS Afridi)	Acting Mechanician
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Vivid II	Acting Mechanician
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Defence	Acting Mechanician
Royal Navy	309680	HMS Defence	Mechanician

Family

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Theresa	mother
Walter Cuff	father

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Olive A Cuff	sister	1890

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Eleanor	wife

Media

Reginald Walter Cuff

A photograph of Reginald Walter Cuff but it is unsure who he is of the two sailors.

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Reginald Walter Cuff

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Reginald Walter Cuff is the 2nd on the left.

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Reginald Walter Cuff

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Reginald Walter Cuff with arrow above head

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Two Mappowder Heroes

Western Gazette 30th June 1916

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Communities

HMS Defence at the Battle of Jutland

HMS Defence at the Battle of Jutland

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Mappowder War Memorial (Saints Peter and Paul Church), Dorset

Mappowder War Memorial (Saints Peter and Paul Church), Dorset

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Memorials in Buckland Newton Polling District

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Jutland

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KiA and DoW at the Battle of Jutland

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Official Records

Title	Connected by	More information
Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1919
GRO WAR DEATHS NAVY ALL RANKS INDICES (1914 to 1921) Transcription	Trevor321
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records	Imperial1
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Trevor321
WW1 Naval Casualties Transcription	Peter6648
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription	Peter6648
Deaths at sea, 1781-1968 Transcription	Peter6648
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Peter6648
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Peter6648
British Royal Navy & Royal Marines, Battle of Jutland 1916 servicemen Transcription	Trevor321

External Evidence

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission	Trevor321
National Archives - Service Records	Trevor321
Mappower Meanderings: Reginald Walter Cuff	Peter6648
Jutland Interactive Map	Trevor321

Multimedia

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Reginald Walter Cuff is the 2nd on the left.	Trevor321
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Reginald Walter Cuff with arrow above head	Trevor321
Reginald Walter Cuff	Trevor321
Two Mappowder Heroes	Trevor321

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HMS Defence at the Battle of Jutland

Mappowder War Memorial (Saints Peter and Paul Church), Dorset

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