HUMBER, Reginald William

Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme FranceCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd/4th Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Reginald was born 1893 in Chale to William & Louisa Mary (nee SHEEN) HUMBER who were living at Idlecombe Cottage in Carisbrooke around the time of Reginald’s death. The family had previously lived at West Standen Cottages in Shide, Newport.

Reginald Died of Wounds, aged 24, received at The Somme on the 25th of June 1918 & is buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery in France beneath a Commission Headstone. Reginald rests alongside 595 of his First World War comrades, of whom 3 remain unidentified.

Reginald is also remembered on the County & Carisbrooke War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.