Reed, Davis Hewson
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Davis Hewson |
Surname | Reed |
Gender | M |
Age | 53 |
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Date of Death | 21-06-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Davis Hewson Reed and Lilian Reed. Husband of Milly Reed, of Ilford, Essex. |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Caversfield (St. Laurence) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Grave 7. |
Epitaph | EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. YOUR DEVOTED WIFE AND DAUGHTERS. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 88 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 226215 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 13 OTU |
Trade | Ground |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
Born on 9 April 1887 in Yeovil Somerset. In 1911 he was working as a Stockbroker’s Clerk and was living at 86 Buxton Road, Stratford, east London with his widowed father and his sister Lilian and brother Harry. He married Milly Miller in 1912 and they had two daughters, Edith born in 1913 and Doris born in 1917. In 1940 the family was living at 95 Windsor Road, Ilford. He served in the First World War, enlisting on 3 March 1917 in the Royal Navy, serving on HMS President II a shore establishment at Crystal Palace as a Clerk and is also listed as serving on the St Margaret of Scotland a hospital ship in the Eastern Mediterranean, service number F26215; he transferred to the RAF on 31 March 1918 as a Clerk and Motor Driver. On the death certificate, his profession is listed as “of Station Transport Royal Air Force Bicester”. |
Died in the War Memorial Hospital, Chipping Norton. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
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Reason for Loss | Suffocation due to Surgical Emphysema due to damage to the left lung from fractured ribs accidentally sustained by being thrown from a motor lorry after a collision between a motor car and the said motor lorry. Certificate received from Wm Dalgleish Coroner for Oxfordshire (Western District). Inquest held 21st June 1940 and adjourned on 22nd August 1940. |