Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Vimy Memorial
Arrived in Theatre	Other Medals	SWFHS Area Memorials
29 Oct 1916	Good Conduct Medal	Harbury
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted Date	Other War Memorials
Third Battle of the Scarpe	26 Sep 1914 at Valcartier, Canada	Canadian Virtual Memorial
	Sailed from Canada on 3 Oct 1914	The King's School, Canterbury
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units	Other Information
Oppy Wood, Fresnoy	95th Saskatchewan Rifles
	11th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

The Third Battle of the Scarpe was a general offensive by all three armies astride the [River] Scarpe to secure better defensive positions. In the Canadian Corps sector, the attack focussed on the village of Fresnoy-en-Gohelle. The Canadian participation principally involved attacks by 1st and 6th Brigades which were launched under a heavy artillery barrage on the night of 2 / 3 May. The Canadians took their objectives and then endured heavy German shelling and counter-attacks throughout the day of 3 May 1917. However difficult, they held their positions until they were relieved two days later. Reginald was killed during these actions.