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 |
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Maj Tweedy left the army on 21 Jun 1917 due to ill health and sadly died 19 days later. Causes of DeathReginalds cause of death is listed as (1) Tuberculosis & Pleurisy and (2) Pneumonia. He died at 11 Harbour Crescent, Newquay in the presence of M.C. Duggard of Abbey House, Kenilworth.
Leamington Spa Courier ObituaryLeamington Spa Courier - 20 July 1917 KENIWORTH - DEATH OF R.C. TWEEDY. The news of the fatal termination of the illness of Major Reginald Carlyon Tweedy, received on Friday inst. evoked general sympathy and regret in Kenilworth and district. It was known that his illness was a grave one, but the end was entirely unexpected: it was due to pneumonia, following a chill contracted on the 7th inst. Dr. Tweedy had been ill for some months, and had gone to Newquay, Cornwall to recuperate. He had been getting on well: had sent his nurse away, and sent for children to be near him. He was enjoying himself in their company at a picnic on the 7th inst., when he took the chill which so precipitately ended a most life. This was his second attack of pnuemonia, and his weakened state of health could not withstand it. His loss is a very great one for Kenilworth and for the country. Letter Home from Doctor TweedyLady Sykes’s Hospital November 27th [1914] The Hospital to which I have the honour of belonging has been organised by Lady (Mark) Sykes for work under the French Red Cross Society (Union des Femmes de France). it works entirely for the French and is absolutely independent of any outside assistance (English or French)… We have about 40 beds in a large house on the seafront at Malo-les-Bains (outside Dunkirk), and our methods are as follows: - Each night, at any time between 9pm and 2am, one or more trains of wounded arrive at Dunkirk Station – as many as 1,500 and more in a night sometimes. The worst cases are taken out and laid on beds in one of the goods sheds – there are 200 beds prepared. The rest go on by train or ship to one of the Base Hospitals. Some of the cases are dressed in the sheds and sent on. The remainder are distributed among the local hospitals. We send one or more motor ambulances and bring back as many cases as we have vacancies for. Then the work begins! Practically all the wounds we get are badly septic. Amputations are terribly common, and one learns what gangrene, tetanus, and secondary haemorrhage mean. Many wounds are three, four and even more days old before we get them. Of course our mortality is sadly high; but the men themselves are splendid… R. CARLYON TWEEDY, M.D. |
| 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