Name
Reginald Alfred Cornwell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/07/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
50281
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
IX. A. 24.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Aspenden Village Memorial, Buntingford Town Memorial
Pre War
Reginald was born
in Buntingford on 3 October1899 to John Lewis and Harriet
Cornwell who lived at Baldock Road, Buntingford. His father was listed as a
builder’s clerk. In the 1911 census they were still living in Baldock Lane.
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Wartime Service
Enlisted in Hertford; posted to London Regiment (City of London Rifles). Killed in action.
He is remembered on his parents gravestone in Aspenden Churchyard.
Additional Information
Reginald is also commemorated on the family headstone in Aspenden [St. Mary] churchyard in Aspenden, his inscription reads:
“. . . ALSO OF REGINALD A CORNWELL SON OF THE ABOVE (John Lewis and Harriet Cornwell) KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE JULY 9TH 1918 AGED 18 YEARS WE MISSED THEM MOST WHO LOVETH BEST."
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Kate Thompson
Jonty Wild, Mary Ann Smith, Carol Emery
