In Memory Of

REES, FRANCIS LEONARD

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Sub-Lieutenant
Unit:
 attd. 190th Machine Gun Coy. R.N.Div.
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1917-04-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Second Battle of the Scarpe
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Bay 1.
Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Rees Vaughan Rees and Bessie Smale Rees. Born Tottenham, London, England. A bank clerk. Commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant RNVR 25/12/15; Draft for BEF 30/1/17, posted to 190th Brigade MG Company 5/2/17-23/4/17 DD. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918