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BORN 20 September 1882
DIED 23 February 1916 AGE 33
VC Won 26 August 1914 AGE 31
Place VC Won Le Cateau, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Douglas Reynolds No.
VC Issue No. 534 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Field Artillery, 37th Howitzer (H) Battery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Clifton, Bristol, England
Place Of Death In a hospital, Le Touquet Paris-Plage, Pas de Calais, France
Buried/Location Ashes Etaples Military Cemetery, 13 miles south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 1, Row A, Grave 20
Gazetted 16 November 1914
VC Presented 13 January 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Etaples Military Cemetery, 13 miles south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas de Calais, France
P Named on war memorial, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
P Named on family grave, St Peters Churchyard, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire
P Named on Roll of Honour, Big Classical, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire.
P Brass memorial, Cheltenham College Chapel, Glocestershire
P Named on memorial, Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, south London
P Named on the masonic roll of honour scroll, first vestibule, Freemasons Hall, Queen Street, London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, St Peter's Church, Castle Park, Bristol
By The Way…
He died from the effects of gas in February 1916
VC Held By
Royal Artillery Regiment Museum, Old Royal Military Academy, Red Lion Lane, Woolwich, London, England
