SQUIRES Reginald Alfred

  • First Name(s):
    Reginald 
    Alfred 
  • Surname:
    SQUIRES
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  • Battalion:
    16th Battalion (D.A.P.M. 61st Division)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th April 1919
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave V. G. 43.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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SQUIRES Reginald Alfred Is Named On These Memorials

Amblecote Holy Trinity Church
Stourbridge King Edward VI Grammar School WW1 Memorial

Further Information About SQUIRES Reginald Alfred

Awarded O.B.E.

Reginald Squires was born on 11th January 1892. He entered M.S. Form IV2 as a Day Scholar at King Edward VI Grammar School on 12th September 1906. At the time of his admission to the school his father is recorded as William Henry Squires, Glass House Pot-maker, 69 Brettell Lane, Amblecote. Reginald had previously been educated at Wordsley C. School (Elementary). Reginald was exempt from tuition fees which were met by Staffordshire County Council for 3 years after which time he became a Student Teacher in the school. He left King Edward VI Grammar School from Form VI S.T. on 27th July 1909 to take employment teaching in an Elementary School.

From school war record booklet:
Staff Captain South Staffordshire Regiment; wounded at Suvla Bay 9th August 1915; mentioned in despatches; awarded O.B.E. (Military), 24th April 1919; accidentally killed in France, 25th April 1919.

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Credits: School records courtesy of King Edward VI school archives, researched and transcribed by Sandra Taylor.