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Pte. William Thomas Read
British Army 1st Btn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Rgt.
from:Kemsing
(d.10th Feb 1917)
William Read was killed in action during the raid on Givenchey, 10th February 1917.
Herbert Cecil Reade
British Army 6th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Wellington, Shropshire
Herbert Cecil Reade joined the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion (Pals) in Shrewsbury in 1914. In 1916 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an observer in No.1 Squadron. He was invalided back to the UK in 1917.
Pte. Robert Reade
British Army A Coy. 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
from:Walkin Street, Kilkey
Robert Reade served with A Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment.
L/Cpl. Albert Reader
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Folkestone, Kent
Albert Reader was taken prisoner between 19th and 24th October 1914 at La Bassee. His POW camp is unknown. He survived the war and was returned home on 20th November 1918. He passed away in 1954, aged 67.
Pte, Charles George Reader
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
(d.26th May 1916)
Charles Reader was my great uncle. The only information I have is that he died in France while on active service but his death was recorded as accidental.
Rflmn. Colin Leonard Reader
British Army 7th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:11 Rollscourt Ave, Herne Hill, London
(d.30th Jul 1915)
Readhead
Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Arthur Readhead
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. Edward Reading
British Army 12th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
(d.10th Aug 1916)
Pte. Albert Allen Readings
British Army 1st Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Edmonton, Middlesex
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Pte. James Readman
British Army 6th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Thornaby-on-Tees
(d.28th August 1915)
Private James Readman was the son of John Thomas and Sarah Readman of Thornaby-on-Tees. James is remembered with honour, buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.
Pte. Richard Readyhoof
British Army 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Nottingham
My great uncle, Richard Readyhoof, was born in 1896 and served in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He later served in the 12th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry.
We know he survived the war and married in 1920. They had no children. Sadly, we know he died in 1932. I recall my Grandmother telling me that he died because he didn't drink enough milk. (Maybe as a result of beg gassed in battle).
Pte. John Thomas Reah
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. Louis Reah
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:South Shields
(d.22nd Mar 1918)
Louis Reah, Corporal 47551, enlisted at Newcastle and served in the 11th Battalion (City of London Regiment) Royal Fusiliers. he died on the 22nd March 1918 and is remembered at Pozieres Memorial. His medal card shows the award of the War and Victory Medals.
A search of the 1901 census reveals his family living in Cauldwell, Harton, Durham with his father William (39) and mother Sarah (35). There are 6 children all of school age, Mary(15), Louis(13), William(11), Winnifred(8), Thomas(6) and Olive(2). The 1911 census shows him as a boarder with Francis and Prudence Bowmaker at 37 Glen Terrace, Washington Station, Durham. Louis is 23, single and a picture hall manager.
Pte. Francis Reardon
Australian Imperial Force 6th Machine Gun Company
from:Australia
Francis Reardon was born at Violet Town, Victoria in 1892 to Patrick and Annie Reardon. All four of Patrick and Anne's sons served in the First World War. Reardon's brothers were John Michael, Joseph Percy and Patrick Leslie.
A farm labourer before the war, Reardon enlisted on 22 March 1916 and was assigned to the 6th Machine Gun Company. He departed Australia with this unit on 4 May 1916 aboard HMAT Port Lincoln. He was transferred to the 10th Machine Gun Company during January 1917 and served with this unit in the field until he was injured in October 1917 by a gunshot wound to the shoulder. He re-joined his unit after almost a month of leave.
Reardon continued to serve with the 10th Machine Gun Company until he was discharged and returned home to Australia aboard the hospital transport ship Karagola on 12 June 1919.
Francis Reardon died on 15 July 1922 at the age of 27 and is interred at the Violet Town Cemetery.
Pte. Henry Reardon
British Army 9th Btn., Att. 1st Army Infantry School Royal Dublin Fusiliers
(d.29th June 1918)
Henry Reardon was born in Dublin city in 1896 (birth date estimated), where he lived with his family in his early years in the Guinness Trust Buildings, New Bride Street. He came from a family of tailors. By 1911, Henry had emigrated from Ireland and was living in Liverpool. Within a few years he enlisted in the 9th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Unfortunately Henrys military record did not survive. Private Henry Reardon, regiment number 27435, attached The First Army Infantry School. We know from his army index card that Henry fought in the Western European theatre of war. His medal roll index card indicates Henry was awarded the Victory medal and the British War medal. He died in France on 29th June 1918. Henry did not die in action, but in the 25th General Hospital Hardelot from bronchial pneumonia. He was 22 years old. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cites Henrys burial place as Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France.
While Private Henry Reardon commenced his army service in the 9th Battalion RDF, according to his death certificate by 1918 he had transferred to the 1st Battalion RDF.
Henry's story was lost to our family and only recently have we been able to piece together some details of his life and death. Remarkably for us it was his first cousin Michael O'Reardon (who fought as a young 17-year-old in the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers at the Four Courts in the 1916 Rising and lived till 1982), who kept in touch with Henry's surviving family in Liverpool and had the family memorial card and Death Memorial Plaque in his effects when he died. It is with great pride that we, as an Irish family, remember both cousins Henry and Michael in this special year of centenaries 2016.
Cpl. Jack Reardon
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Thornley
Jack Reardon was wounded in July and Oct.1916,
Pte. John Reardon
British Army 7th Btn Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Peckham, London.
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Pte. Michael Reardon
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
(d.19th Feb 1916)
Michael Reardon was the son of Michael Joseph Reardon (1870-1937) and Margaret Corcoran (1872-1902) of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales. He was born in 1895 in Merthyr Tydfil and died on the 19th of Feb 1916 whilst serving in Flanders with the 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres.
Pte. P. Reardon
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
SSgt. Ernest Reason
British Army 25th Field Bakery Army Service Corps
from:Twyford, Winchester.
(d.14th Jan 1919)
Ernest Reason was the Younger son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Reason, of Mile End, Portsmouth, husband of E. E. Reason, of Romanville, Twyford, Winchester. He was 35 when he died on 14th January 1919 and is buried in the Montecchio Maggiore Communal Cemetery in Italy.
Pte. Alfred Edward Reavell
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.15th Feb 1915)
Sister. Reay
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 32 Stationary Hospital
Sister Reay served at No 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux and No 46 Stationery Hospital, Etaples.
Sgt. Frank Home Reay
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. George Reay
British Army 20th Battalion Tyneside Scottish Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Hexham
(d.5th Jun 1917)
George would have my mother's uncle. All she knew was that he was killed sometime in the Great War and had no known grave. He was 31 when he died, some years before she was born. I have recently managed to ascertain he is named on the Arras memorial and have taken the above details from their website. Does anyone have any more information?
L/Cpl. J. Reay
British Army 9th Btn. The Green Howards
(d.8th Jun 1917)
Cpl. John Reay
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Cpl Raymond Reay
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Greencroft Villa, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead-on-Tyne.
(d.28th March 1918)
Reay, Raymond, Corporal 19/938, Aged 30 years, Killed in action on 28th March 1918. Battalion service History also shows his service number as 928
Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial panel 16 to 18.
Son of John and Elizabeth Pool Reay, of Greencroft Villa, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead-on-Tyne.
From the Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. J. Rechall
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Cpl. Alfred Redall MM
British Army Military Foot Police Army, attd to 3rd Worcs
from:Birmingham
My grandfather, Alfred Redall, was a sergeant at Atherstone. He joined up in the Great War in 1917 in the Military Foot Police, attached to the 3rd Worcester Regiment. He underwent training at Nechells and was then sent to Messines, France and the Third Battle of Ypres. His medals were the Star Defence and Military Medal for bravery in the field. He was mentioned in the London Gazette in the honours list.
He went on to become Curator of Birmingham Town Hall for 30 years and lived at the Judges Lodgings, 46-47 Hagley Road, Birmingham. He was champion heavyweight boxer for Birmingham Constabulary in 1915 and 1916.
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