See also
Husband: | Reginald Horace Mansfield (1890-1918) | |
Wife: | Eleanor J Corkill ( - ) | |
Marriage | 1915 | Pewsey, Wiltshire |
Name: | Reginald Horace Mansfield | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | Horace Rendall Mansfield (1863-1914) | |
Mother: | Mary Annie Rose (1859-1905) | |
Birth | 1890 | Church Gresley, Derbyshire |
Birth fact | 1890 (age 0) | 1890 Dec Qtr, Burton upon Trent, 6b/340 |
Death | 1 Oct 1918 (age 27-28) | France |
Name: | Eleanor J Corkill | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - |
In Memory of Second Lieutenant REGINALD HORACE MANSFIELD
121st Bty. 27th Bde., Royal Field Artillery
who died age 26 on 01 October 1918
Son of the late H. R. Mansfield (M.P. for Spalding); husband of Eleanor J. Mansfield, of The Croft, London Rd., Reading.
Remembered with honour
GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/certificate.aspx?casualty=290625
He came to The Leys School, Cambridge, in 1905 at the age of 15 and went into School House. He won Second Colours at Football. On leaving school, Mansfield studied Mining before entering the family manufacturing business. At the outbreak of war, Mansfield enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion, before winning a commission in the Royal Field Artillery. He died of wounds on 1 October 1918 at the age of 26, having reached the rank of Second Lieutenant.
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/CambridgeLeysSchoolWW1.html