Casualty Lieutenant REYNOLDS, DOUGLAS WILLIAM SINCLAIR P. Service Number 67903 Died 23/05/1940 Aged 24 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Colonel Douglas Reynolds, V.C., and Marie Dolores Petersen Reynolds. INSCRIPTION: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM Buried at OUTREAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY Location: Pas de Calais, France Cemetery/memorial reference: Row B. Grave 4.
Personal Number: 67903 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Douglas William Sinclair P REYNOLDS Unit: Irish Guards London Gazette : 30 May 1939 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34630/page/3644/data.pdf FOOT GUARDS. The undermentioned to be Lts.: — I. G'ds.— 2nd Lt. D. W. S. P. Reynolds. 16th May 1939.
His father is also buried in France: Casualty Major REYNOLDS, DOUGLAS Died 23/02/1916 Aged 33 83rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery V C Husband of Mrs. Douglas Reynolds, of Clerkley Court, Leatherhead, Surrey. Buried at ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Location: Pas de Calais, France Cemetery/memorial reference: I. A. 20. See cemetery plan CITATION: 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." Page 9373 | Issue 28976, 13 November 1914 | London Gazette | The Gazette Douglas Reynolds (1882-1916) - Find A Grave...