See also
Name:
Reginald Samuel Sowden
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
WW 1 Medal Card for Reginald S Sowden
Birth:
2 Jul 1893
Occupation:
Book Keeper
Census (living with parents):
31 Mar 1901 (age 7)
1901 Census - living with parents
Military Service:
frm 1914 to 1918 (age 20-25)
Devonshire Regiment as a Private; France3
Without further research the only evidence of his military service is his medal card which shows that he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. As he was not awarded the 1914 Star it means he did not serve in France or Belgium between the outbreak of the war (5 Aug 1914) and midnight 22 Nov 1914 (the end of the first battle of Ypres). This indicated that he was probably a volunteer and not a regular soldier. Award of the War and |Victory Medals indicates that he took part in active fighting.
Death:
1959 (age 66)
Plymouth, Devon4
Daughter: Barbara Mary Sowden, 1940?, age 15
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
1923 (age 29-30)
1939 Register (Household):
29 Sep 1939 (age 46)
Address: 17 Whittington Street
The household consisted of Reginald, his wife Winifred and their children Joan, Beryl, Peter and Barbara. The last three entries have been redacted.
1939 Register: Reginal S Sowden, 29 September 1939, National Archives, RG101/6798B, Item 14, Line 33.
England and Wales Death Registration Index, Reginal Samuel Sowden, Q3 1893, Stoke Damerel, Vol. 5b Page 341, General Register Office.
Military Record for Reginald S Sowden in the Devonshire Regiment of the Army from 1914 to 1918.
England and Wales Death Registration Index, Reginal S Sowden, Q4 1959, Plymouth, Vol 7a, Page 606, General Register Office.
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, Peter R Sowden, Q4 1929, Devonport, Vol. 5b, Page 399, General Register Office.