Name
Charles William Reynolds
12 December 1893
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/07/1916
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
13309
Bedfordshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2C
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
St. Peter’s Church Plaque, Holwell, St Katherine’s Church Memorial, Ickleford, We are not aware of any memorial in Cadwell
Pre War
Charles William Reynolds was born on 12 December 1893 in Cadwell, Holwell, nr Hitchin, Herts, the son of Thomas and Rosanna Reynolds, and baptised on 29 July 1894 at Ickleford, Herts. He was one of eleven children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Cadwell where his father was working as a Cement Maker. They remained in Cadwell in 1911 at which time, Charles was working as a blacksmith's apprentice.
Wartime Service
Charles enlisted in Hitchin and served with the 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
He was killed in action on 15 July 1916 during the Battle of Bazentin Ridge, (Battle of the Somme). He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £8 10s and his father received pay owing of £4 6s 10d. Pension records exist but give no indication of the amount of pension received.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Tony James, Brenda Palmer, www.bedforeregiment.org.uk
