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FELTON Reginald Horace Major

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/26448

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SKR/DAT/IP/26448
Title
FELTON Reginald Horace Major
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: FELTON;

Forename(s): Reginald Horace;

Initials: RH;

Rank: Major;

Enlistment Date: 21-May-1911;

Previous Battalion: 8 of;

Previous Regiment: Wilts Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 186 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 239 Coy;

Awarded: MID;

Other Data: Keble College: b. 1883 Educ St Helen's College, Southsea. BA 1905, MA 1910. 17/4/1915 Lt 8 Wilts R. Capt MGC, Educational Officer attd Gen Staff (Major) Mespot 1916 1919, MID Mespot 1917
OC 239 Coy July 1918
TFWM issued 26/2/1923
Address: Eden Mount, Crossthwaite, Kendal
BD 40, Sept 1963
Imperial War Museum: War diary, notebooks and other papers relating to his service with the 8th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment in 1915, and with the 186th Company Machine Gun Corps (MGC) in Mesopotamia and North Persia, 1916 - 1918; together with photocopies of documents relating to his service as an Air Raid Warden in Wallasey, 1939 - 1945.;

Other Notes: MID: LG 12/3/1918 MESOPOTAMIA (to be dated 15/10/1917);

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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FELTON Reginald Horace Major