The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W T Reynolds

Private William Thomas REYNOLDS, 24227, (5778), 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd October 1917.

Born Wendron, Cornwall, son of William Robert & Elizabeth Reynolds.

1911 Census - Boswidjack Farm, Constantine, nr Penryn, Cornwall - William R Reynolds, head, age 56, married, farmer, born Constantine, Cornwall; Elizabeth Reynolds, wife, age 53, married 20 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Constantine, Cornwall; William T Reynolds, son, age 21, single, farm work, at home, born Wendron, Cornwall; Cuthbert Reynolds, son, age 20, single, farm work, at home, born Constantine, Cornwall; E Jane Reynolds, daughter, age 17, single, at home, born Constantine, Cornwall; Herbert J Reynolds, age 16, single, farm work, at home, born Constantine, Cornwall; G Ivy Reynolds, daughter, age 14, at home, born Constantine, Cornwall.

Enlisted Falmouth, age 25 years, height 5ft 2¼ inches, weight 134lbs, physical development, muscular. Resided Boswidjack Farm, Constantine, nr Penryn, Cornwall. Formerly horseman.

Home 10th December 1915 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 3rd October 1917.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915 to Army Reserve; 7th January 1917, examined, age 26 years & 7 months, height 5ft 7¼, weight 136lbs; 6th February 1917, mobilized & posted 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 16th September 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th September 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Belgium / Constantine, Cornwall War Memorial.

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