Gilbert Reed
Memorial: Iron Acton - St James the Less Church
Regiment: Norfolk Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 33338
Parents: Robert and Mary Jane Reed
Home address: Chain Gate Lane, Iron Acton, Bristol
Date of birth: 06/06/1892
Place of birth: Iron Acton, Bristol
Date of death: 13/12/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Rocquigny Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manacourt (VI. E. 16.), France
Age: 25
Further information:
Gilbert Reed was born in Iron Acton, the son of Robert and Mary Jane Reed and brother of Elizabeth, Mary and William. His father was a coal miner
Gilbert enlisted in Buxton, Derbyshire and joined the 7th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment. He died of wounds and is buried in the Rocquigny Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt (Ref: V1.E.16), France
Gilbert Reed is remembered on the Rangeworthy (Methodist) Church Memorial, on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board (under Iron Acton), now at Yate and District Heritage Centre and on the North Road School Plaque
See the "Lest We Forget" book by Arthur Threlfall Searson for further information
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC