Reginald Stinchcombe
Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 5393 (201840)
Parents: Robert and Elizabeth Stinchcomb (nee Poole)
Home address: Sodbury Road, Wickwar, Glos
Pre-war occupation: Grocer's errand boy in 1911
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Wickwar, Glos
Date of death: 04/02/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Assevillers New British Cemetery (Ref. II. C. 10), France
Age: 20
Further information:
Reginald Stinchcombe was born in about 1896 in Wickwar. His parents were Robert and Elizabeth Stinchcombe (nee Poole) and his siblings were Amy, Ernest (Thomas), Gilbert and Lionel. The family lived at Sodbury Road, Wickwar. His father was a farm labourer and was born in Hawkesbury. Reginald was working as a grocer’s errand boy in 1911.
Reginald served with the 1st/4th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment as a private. He died in February 1917 at the age of 20. He is buried in the Assevillers New British Cemetery in France.
Reginald Stinchcombe is commemorated on the Wickwar Holy Trinity Church Memorial, the Wickwar Village Hall Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Wickwar and Hillersley.
Reginald was awarded the Victory and British War medals.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and the book “Lest We Forget” by Arthur Threlfall Searson. Forces War Records and CWGC