Reginald George Fudge
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 205475
Parents: Mark and Adelaide Fudge
Home address: 246 Hanham Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Bootmaker
Date of birth: 1898
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 26/03/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme, France and commemorated on Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 19
Further information:
Reginald (Reggie) was born in Kingswood, the youngest child of ten with four brothers and five sisters. His father was a coal miner and his mother was a bootmaker. Several of his older siblings also worked in the boot industry.
Reggie would most likely have enlisted on his 18th birthday and joined his battalion in France at the end of 1916, where they took part in various actions on the Western Front including The Battles of Arras and Cambrai. Reggie was killed in action during The First Battles of the Somme which was the allied response to the German offensive Operation Michael (21 March – 5 April 1918). The result of the battles was indecisive but the allies suffered 239,800 casualties including Reggie.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/