Corporal 19200 Reginald Walter SAVILLE

Corporal 19200 Reginald Walter Saville{gallery}Cpl R W Saville{/gallery}8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
Died of wounds in France and Flanders 27th October 1916, aged 27

• Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave ref: VIII. D. 17A
  
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals.
  
• Son of William and Mary Saville of 7 Becker Street, Derby
• NNWFHS Memorial: Kingsbury
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Cpl Saville
• NNWFHS Kingsbury War Memorial Page
• Midland Railway Study Centre War Memorial Page
• Etaples Cemetery
• Prince of Wales’s (South Lancashire) Volunteer Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 15 Oct 1889 in Derby.
  
• Living as a boarder at 38 Kinglsey Road, Balsall Heath and employed as a railway booking clerk [1911]
• Employed as a clerk by the Midland Railway in the coaching section at Kingsbury Station [1914]
  

• Midland Railway Employment History (including National Archives reference)
  

  • Taken on 01 May 1905 as junior clerk at Brighton Road, aged 15.
  • Pedigree No. 537. (RAIL491/1020).
  • Junior clerk at Brighton Road 15 Jun 1903; (wages advanced 01 May 1906 & 01 May 1907. (RAIL491/1027 p.18))
  • Clerk at Brighton Road  01 May 1905;  (wages advanced 01 May 1906, 01 May 1907 & 01 May 1908. (RAIL491/996 p.40).)
  • Clerk at Kingsbury – salary £80 — MR Salaried Staff 1914.  (RAIL491/1076).