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Surname: REEDY
Forename(s): John
Place of Birth: Earby, Yorkshire
Service No: 333447
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Highland Light Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 1/9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion
Division: 33rd Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1918-09-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: E. 6.
CWGC Cemetery: TARGELLE RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Reedy was the son of Nicholas and Ellen Reedy, née Waddington. Nicholas was born at Darwen and Ellen at Preston, Lancashire.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Cobden Street - John Reedy aged 3 years, born Earby, Yorkshire, son of Nicoless and Ellen Reedy.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 6, Hartley Street - John Reedy, aged 13 years, born Earby, son of Nicholas and Ellen Reedy.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John Reedy, 333447, H.L.I.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John Reedy, 333447, 9th High. L. I.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John Reedy, 333447, 9th Bn H.L.I. Date and Place of Death: 29.9.18. [In] Action. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Ellen. £19 15s. 10d. Brother - Nicholas. £11 5s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for John.
John is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
REEDY, John, aged 20, H.L.I., 22, Grove Street, [Earby], killed in action Sept. 28, 1918.
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Private John REEDY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Highland Light Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 33rd Division
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25 October 1918
EARBY – Private John Reedy Killed
Mrs. E. Reedy, 22 Grove Street, Earby, has received from an Army Chaplain a letter informing her of the death of her son Private John Reedy, H.L.I., who was killed in action on September 28th. He was 20 years of age. Private Reedy. who was formerly a weaver at Grove Shed, Earby, enlisted in August 1916, and went out to France in October last year. His elder brother has been serving at the front since the beginning of the war.
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25 October 1918
REEDY – Killed in action Sept. 28th, Pte. J. Reedy, H.L.I., son of Mrs. E. Reedy, 22, Grove Street, Earby, aged 20.
25 October 1918
Earby Youth Killed
Mrs. E. Reedy, of 22, Grove Street, Earby, has received from an army chaplain a letter informing her of the death of her son, Pte. John Reedy, H.L.I., who was killed in action on Sept. 28th. He was 20 years of age. Pte. Reedy, who was formerly a weaver at Grove Shed, Earby, enlisted in August, 1916, and went out to France in October last year. His elder brother has been serving at the font since the beginning of the war.
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