Major DOUGLAS REYNOLDS
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Field Artillery
83rd Bde.
Date of Death
Died 23 February 1916
Age 33 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross
- Additional Info Husband of Mrs. Douglas Reynolds, of Clerkley Court, Leatherhead, Surrey.
- Additional Citation note
An extract from the "London Gazette," Number 28976, dated 16th Nov., 1914, recording the award of V.C., reads:-"At Le Cateau, on 26th Aug., he took up two teams and limbered up two guns under heavy Artillery and Infantry fire, and though the enemy was within 100 yards, he got one gun away safely. At Pisseloup, on 9th Sept., he reconnoitred at close range, discovered a battery which was holding up the advance and silenced it. He was severely wounded 15th Sept., 1914."
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