Douglas Reynolds

Douglas Reynolds
Born	20 September 1882 Clifton, Bristol
Died	23 February 1916 (aged 33) Le Touquet, France
Buried at	Étaples Military Cemetery
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1900 - 1916
Rank	Major
Unit	Royal Field Artillery
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Victoria Cross

Douglas Reynolds VC (20 September 1882 - 23 February 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Educated at Cheltenham College. He was 31 years old, and a Captain in the 37th Bty., Royal Field Artillery, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 26 August 1914 at Le Cateau, France, Captain Reynolds took up two teams with volunteer drivers, to recapture two British guns and limbered up two guns under heavy artillery and infantry fire. Although the enemy was within 100 yards he managed, with the help of two drivers (Job Henry Charles Drain and Frederick Luke), to get one gun away safely. On 9 September at Pysloup, he reconnoitred at close range, discovered a battery which was holding up the advance and silenced it.

Reynolds later achieved the rank of Major, but was wounded in action, and died in the Duchess of Westminster's hospital in Le Touquet, France, on 23 February 1916.

Major Reynolds is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery in Northern France, while his Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum in Woolwich, London.^[1]

References

1. ^ CWGC entry

• Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
• VCs of the First World War - 1914 (Gerald Gliddon, 1994)

External links

• Douglas REYNOLDS of Cheltenham College
• Find-A-Grave profile for Douglas Reynolds

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  Captain Reynolds VC as depicted on a cigarette card

Persondata
Name	Reynolds, Douglas
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	20 September 1882
Place of birth	Clifton, Bristol
Date of death	23 February 1916
Place of death	Le Touquet, France