WW1 Kingsbury Episcopi
This publication contains some background information on each of the men who were killed in the First World War. Their names are recorded on the War Memorials within the Civil Parish of Kingsbury Episcopi and it is this name that appears at the top of each man’s pages of information. There is also information about the men’s families. Four years of research by the Kingsbury Time Travellers, the local area History Group, have unearthed a wealth of photographs, documents, maps and memories. Through the Kingsbury Time Travellers’ Facebook page, we have been able to link up with people and families connected to these men, and so uncover more material.
This publication contains some background information on each of the men who were killed in the First World War. Their names are recorded on the War Memorials within the Civil Parish of Kingsbury Episcopi and it is this name that appears at the top of each man’s pages of information. There is also information about the men’s families. Four years of research by the
Kingsbury Time Travellers, the local area History Group, have unearthed a wealth of photographs, documents, maps and memories. Through the Kingsbury Time Travellers’ Facebook page, we have been able to link up with people and families connected to these men, and so uncover more material.
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JAMES REED<br />
44<br />
Rank, service number and<br />
regiment<br />
Enlisted<br />
Home Address<br />
No.6 on the Plaque<br />
Private 31995 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry<br />
Castle Cary<br />
Riverview House, K.E.<br />
Date of death 24 August 1917<br />
Age at death<br />
Circumstances of death<br />
Where buried<br />
Date of birth & full<br />
name<br />
Occupation<br />
19 years<br />
In the overall context of the 3rd Battle of Ypres, the 6th Battalion,<br />
Somerset Light Infantry were tasked with capturing German<br />
trenches south of the Menin Road, to the east of Ypres. The<br />
assault lasted 21 - 24 August and 344 of the Battalion were killed,<br />
wounded or missing due to intense German machine-gun fire<br />
and shelling. James was one of those killed in this assault.<br />
James’s body was never recovered and he is commemorated on<br />
the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, Ypres, Belgium, Panels<br />
41 - 42 & 163A.<br />
1898 K.E. JAMES HENRY LOVELL REED<br />
Gardener<br />
Parents Walter Reed 1865 - 1950 and Mary Jane Reed (nee Lovell) 1870<br />
– 1936. In 1891 Walter was an agricultural labourer, in 1901 a<br />
carter on a farm and 1911 a mason’s labourer. Mary Jane was a<br />
glove maker, see Other Information.<br />
Spouse and children<br />
Awards<br />
James was unmarried<br />
British War Medal and Victory Medal
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