Douglas Reynolds
Captain, 37th Battery. Royal Field Artillery
- Register No.
- 1040 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Captain all Captains →
- Unit
- 37th Battery. Royal Field Artillery all Royal Field Artillery VCs →
- Date of action
- 26 August 1914; 9 September 1914 on this day → all of 1914 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 16th November 1914 on this day → all of 1914 →
- Born
- 20th September 1882 at Clifton, Bristol
- Memorial / grave
- at Etaples Military Cemetery, France; On the War Memorial, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: and on a headstone at Leckhampton Churchyard, Cheltenham
Digest of citation
At Le Cateau, France, on 26th August 1914, Captain REYNOLDS took two teams of horses, along with volunteer drivers, Driver Luke and Driver Drain, to recapture two British guns,and limbered up two guns, under both heavy artillery and infantry fire, and in spite of the enemy being only 100 yards away, he got one gun away. On 9th September ,at Pysloup, France, he reconnoitred, at close range and under fire, and discovered a battery which was holding up the advance and silenced it
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
REYNOLDS, Douglas. (reg No. 1040).
Captain. 37th Battery. Royal Field Artillery.
London Gazetted on 16th November 1914.
Born on 20th September 1882 at Clifton, Bristol.
Died of septicaemia, after being gassed, on 23rd February 1916 at Le Touquet, France.
Memorial on grave at Etaples Military Cemetery, France; On the War Memorial, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: and on a headstone at Leckhampton Churchyard, Cheltenham.
Digest of Citation reads: At Le Cateau, France, on 26th August 1914, Captain REYNOLDS took two teams of horses, along with volunteer drivers, Driver Luke and Driver Drain, to recapture two British guns,and limbered up two guns, under both heavy artillery and infantry fire, and in spite of the enemy being only 100 yards away, he got one gun away. On 9th September ,at Pysloup, France, he reconnoitred, at close range and under fire, and discovered a battery which was holding up the advance and silenced it.
Additional information:. Captain REYNOLDS was the son of Lieutenant Colonel H C REYNOLDS and his wife Eleanor, and the grandson of General REYNOLDS of the 11th Hussars. Educated at Cheltenham College, the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich he then oined the Royal Field Artillery in 1899 .
Additional information
Captain REYNOLDS was the son of Lieutenant Colonel H C REYNOLDS and his wife Eleanor, and the grandson of General REYNOLDS of the 11th Hussars. Educated at Cheltenham College, the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich he then oined the Royal Field Artillery in 1899 .
Died of septicaemia, after being gassed, on 23rd February 1916
at Le Touquet, France.
Register note: Awarded for multiple actions
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