In Memory Of

HANDS, REGINALD HARRY MYBURGH

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1888-07-26
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 73rd Siege Bty.
Unit 2:
 attd. Royal Garrison Artillery
Regiment:
 South African Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
 1918-04-20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gas
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 VII. A 39.
Cemetery:
 BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Sir Harry Hands, K.B.E., and Lady Aletta Catherine Hands, O.B.E., of Talana, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. Born Cape Town, South Africa. Educated at Diocesan College (known as "Bishops"), Rondebosch, Cape Town, and Oxford University, earning rugby "Blues" in 1908 and 1909. A Rhodes Scholar (Rondebosh 1907). He played for Middlesex and upon selection for England, played in 2 tests, against France and Scotland. A member of a well-known South African family, he and two brothers, namely K.C.M. and P.A.M. Hands all played test cricket for South Africa in 1913. On Cape Town "Company Gardens" Artillery Memorial.