BORN CARDIFF 1887. ENLISTED HULL 26/8/16. SON OF H & M GREY – 13 FREEHOLD STREET, HULL.HIS WIFE MRS M GREY LIVED, 21 QUEENSGATE STREET. BEFORE THE WAR REGINALD WORKED FOR THE WILSON LINE. HE PROCEEDED TO THE FRONT ON 10TH JULY 1915. HE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM HOME LEAVE, FIVE WEEKS BEFORE HE WAS KILLED. HIS COMMANDING OFFICER DESCRIBED “HIS STERLING QUALITIES, EFFICIENT AND POPULAR WITH BOTH OFFICERS AND MEN, HE MADE A VERY GOOD NCO.” HE IS LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE CRICKET & ATHLETIC CLUB’S ROH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 15TH MAY 1916. *
HE IS BURIED AT CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE.
First name:
REGINALD
Military Number:
11006
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
05/05/1916
Place died:
CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
21
13 , FREEHOLD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
