BORN RICCALL, YORKS 1888. LIVED HULL.
SON OF ROBERT REED (1842-1924) & ALICE HODGSON (1846-1916), OF DAM END, RICCALL, YORKSHIRE. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER AT 5, GROSVENOR AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL, (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, GEORGE, SAM AND BOB, AND TWO SISTERS, ANNIE AND ALICE.
HE WAS A POLICE CONSTABLE FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, BEFORE THE WAR IN HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST, 137 LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, CHURCH OF ENGALND RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED AT CATERHAM, ON 18/11/1915, JOINING THE 5TH COLDSTREAM GUARDS. TRANSFERRED TO THE MILITARY FOOT POLCE AND APPOINTED LANCE CORPORAL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 29/07/1916. DIED OF GAS AND SHELL WOUNDS – YPRES, 19/07/1917, AGED 29. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 244 DAYS.
HE MARRIED MINNIE NEEDHAM, AT HULL, IN 1916. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 1917.
HIS BROTHER, LANCE CORPORAL, ARTHUR CYRIL REED, 14234, 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ENLISTED IN LEEDS AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26 JAN 1917, AGED 26.
| Name | William Hodgson Reed |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Riccall, Yorkshire, 1888 |
| Residence | Hull |
| Death Date | 19 Jul 1917 |
| Death Place | Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Acting Lance Corporal |
| Regiment | Corps of Military Police |
| Battalion | Foot Branch |
| Regimental Number | P/3507 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of Gas wounds |
| Comments | North Eastern Railway Co. L/Cpl No. P/3507 William Hodgson Reed, MFP, died of wounds (gas) in France on the 19th ult. Reed, who was a single man, and close on 30years of age at the time of his death, joined the Railway Police on October 5th 1914, and was stationed at Hull, having previously served at Leeds. He was a reliable and energetic Officer, and during the short time he was in the Force took a keen interest in Police work. When liberated to join HM Forces he enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, but was afterwards transferred to the MFP. Police Review, dated 24/8/1917, page 268. |
