Identity
Person No.
2413
Service No.
135353V
Last Name
First Name
Reginald
Initials
R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds to his chest leg and arm, received in the area north of Greve, Italy. He was wounded on 27th July
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"B" Squadron
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Reconnaissance
Status
Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Part of
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
Notes
Son of Mr. W. E. Boyd, of Ford Terrace, Pallien Road, Sunderland, Durham, England. Brother of Capt. C. G. and his wife Mrs. H. D. Boyd, of Mill Road, Melville Park, Port Elizabeth. Born in Pretoria. A plumber by profession
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