Name
Reginald John Bolton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/08/1917
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
241447
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
12th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 39 and 41.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Great Wymondley memorials
Pre War
Reginald was born in 1896 in Dublin, Ireland - his father was serving in the British Army and the family were stationed in Ireland. He was the son of John B. Bolton and Annie I. Bolton (nee Parkin). The 1901 census records Reginald, aged 5, living with his parents, 2 brothers and 4 sisters at 46 Aldred Road, Sheffield, Nether Hallam, Yorks. His father was then retired from the Army and working for a Solicitor as a receiving clerk. In 1911 census records Reginald living with his parents, and 4 sisters, at 21 Nelson Street, Rotherham, Yorks. His occupation is given as an Apprentice Pattern Maker, in the Iron and Steel Works. Reginald enlisted in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Wartime Service
He was posted to the 1st/6th Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment, with the service number 4315, (His father’s old Regiment). He was later transferred to the 12th Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment with the service number 241447. Reginald was Killed in Action on the 14th August 1917; He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial to the Missing.
Additional Information
His personal inscription on the headstone reads: “Son of John Bolton, of The “School” House, Great Wymondley, Stevenage, Herts, and the late Annie Isabella Bolton”.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
