Reginald Walter Edwin Tavener

Memorial: Mangotsfield - St James Place

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Sapper 42861

Parents: Thomas and Alice Maude Tavener (nee Uzzell)

Marital status: Single

Home address: 10 The Oaklands (now Oaklands Road), Mangotsfield, Bristol

Pre-war occupation: Apprentice Engineer

Date of birth: 1897

Place of birth: 43 Gwilliam Street, Bedminster, Bristol

Date of death: 29/08/1916

Buried/Commemorated at: Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France

Age: 19

Further information:

Reginald served in the 20th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers and was Killed in Action on 29 August 1916

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Commonwealth War Graves Commission, UK Censuses, Battalion War Diary, Medal Rolls Index, David Blackmore