Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: Major
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: 83rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery.
Country of Service: British
Details: V C 23rd February 1916. Age 33. Husband of Mrs. Douglas Reynolds of Clerkley Court Leatherhead Surrey. I. A. 20. An extract from the London Gazette Number 28976, dated 16th Nov., 1914, recording the award of V.C., reads:-At Le Cateau on 26th Aug. he took up two teams and limbered up two guns under heavy Artillery and Infantry fire and though the enemy was within 100 yards he got one gun away safely. At Pisseloup on 9th Sept. he reconnoitred at close range discovered a battery which was holding up the advance and silenced it. He was severely wounded 15th Sept. 1914.
Photograph by TWGPP 2009 / Chris Cosgrove