Rank
Private
Regiment
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Date of death
16 June 1916
Age of death
20
Address
22 Dover Road
Wanstead
RED
E12 5EA
Address source
1911 Census (parents' address)
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
France
Biography
Reginald Alfred Needham was born in 1896. His father Alfred was a commercial traveller. The family were presumably fairly affluent because in 1911 Reginald was living away at a boarding school in King’s Lynn. Whilst he was at school, Reginald’s family were living at 22 Dover Road in Manor Park, and employed one servant.
Reginald enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers, but was later transferred to the 1st Battalion Cameronian (Scottish Rifles). Reginald was injured in France and later died of his wounds on 16th June 1916; he was only 20 years old. His body was buried in Calais, France.
Research by Redbridge Museum
Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.com