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Surname: MILBURN
Forename(s): Reginald William
Place of Birth: Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire
Service No: 24384
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Grenadier Guards
Battalion / Unit: 4th Battalion
Division: Guards Division
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1916-09-16
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. E. 28.
CWGC Cemetery: LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Reginald William Milburn was the son of James and Mary Milburn, née Burdon. James was born at Hutton Rudby and Mary at Ingleby Greenhow, Yorkshire.
1891 Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire Census: 25, South Side - Reginald W. Milburn, aged 2 years, born Hutton Rudby, son of James and Mary Milburn.
1901 Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire Census: South Side - Reginald W. Milburn, aged 12 years, born Hutton Rudby, son of James and Mary Milburn.
1911 Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire Census: South Side - Reginald Milburn, aged 22 years, born Hutton Rudby, son of James and Mary Milburn.
Reginald William Milburn was married to Margaret Ann Saville in 1913.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gdsn Reginald Milburn, 24384, G. Gds.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gdsn Reginald Milburn, 24384, 4 G. Gds.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Reginald Milburn, 24384, 4th Bn Grenadier Guards. Date and Place of Death: 16.9.16. France. Died of wounds. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow Sole Legatee - Margaret A. £6 7s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Reginald.
Reginald is commemorated on the Hutton Rudby War Memorial as William Reginald Milburn.
Photograph: © Becky Wilcox.
A short biography of Reginald is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Reginald William MILBURN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Grenadier Guards
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division
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