South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Kenwyn (St. Keyne) Churchyard, Cornwall |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| Nov 1914 in France (as a Civilian Surgeon) | ~ | Warwick Masonic Lodge |
| Kenilworth War Memorial | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Kenilworth St. Nicholas |
| Died of Tuberculosis, Pleurisy & Pneumonia | Commissioned 25 Aug 1916 | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
| 11 Harbour Crescent, Newquay | ||
Medical Career
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Reginald was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he took the diplomas of M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1892, and the degree of M.D. in 1913. After acting as house-surgeon of Birmingham General Hospital, and as senior resident medical officer of the Scamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Docks, he went into practice at Kenilworth, where he was honorary medical officer to Kenilworth Convalescent Homes, and certifying factory surgeon. Reginald entered the war in France in November 1914, and served as Surgeon to the Lady Sykes's French Red Cross Hospital at Dunkirk and later at the 2nd Birmingham War Hospital where he held a commission as temporary major in the R.A.M.C. On 25th August 1916 Reginald was Gazetted to Temporay Major in order to work at the 2nd Birmingham War Hosp. (Gazette) Circumstances of Death |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 11 Dec 1868 in Redruth | 12 Jan 1889 at Redruth |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Charles and Edith Sophia | Redruth |
| Wife and Marriage Details | Children |
| Edith Jane Tweedy nee Osburn | Trevor Carlyon born 1895 | Daphne Winifred C. born 1897 |
| 16 May 1894 in Clapham | Vivian Carlyon born 1900 | Pauline Iris C. born 1905 |
| Schools | Colleges |
| St Bartholomew's Hospital | |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1868 - Chapel Terrace, Redruth | 1891 - Student of Medicine |
| 1871 - Chapel Terrace, Redruth | 1894 - Surgeon |
| 1881 - Not yet found - he was of School age | 1901 - Surgeon & General Practitioner |
| 1891 - 25 Winchester Street, Hanover Square (lodger) | 1911 - Medical Practitioner |
| 1894 - Kenilworth (marriage) | 1914 - Civilian Surgeon Red Cross Hospital Dunkirk |
| 1901 - Abbey House, Kenilworth | 1916 - Temp Major at 2nd Birmingham War Hospital |
| 1905 - Abbey House, Kenilworth | |
| 1911 - Abbey House Kenilworth | |
| 1917 - Abbey House Kenilworth | |
- Reginald's son Trever Carlyon Tweedy also fell
- Our thanks to The Masonic Great War Project for some of the information above
- Our thanks to the Great War Forum for the letter reproduced above
