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Reeson, Dennis Owston, son of Joseph Newell Reeson, C.E., of Beckton, Essex and Louisa Mary; b. Nov. 10, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (G); left Dec. 1913; m. July 29, 1922, Elfrida Cutts, daughter of F. W. Poolman, of Melbourne, Australia; d. Nov. 19, 1928.

Rees, Herbert George Powell, son of Herbert Percy Powell Rees, of Ealing, by Marie Louise, daughter of John Randolph Dilleber, of New York, U.S.A.; b. Oct. 20, 1897; adm. April 26, 1912 (H); left July 1913; Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R. Oct. 5, 1915; Lieut. June 30, 1917; temp. Capt. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; crashed while on aircraft patrol near Gravesend Oct. 25, 1916; served in France, the Mediterranean, and on the Indian frontier; an engineer; emigrated to South Africa 1938 and was manager of the Durban branch of the Encyclopaedia Britannica; served in Great War II as Major, S.A.A.F.; m. Feb. 28, 1925, Octobera Nerquise, youngest daughter of John Meurig Edwards, of Swansea; d. Nov. 21, 1952.

Rees, Douglas Lorrain Powell, brother of Herbert George Powell Rees (q.v.); b. Oct. 17, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (H); left July 1914; 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, 34th Sikh Pioneers, Dec. 16, 1918; Lieut. Dec. 16, 1919; served in Afghanistan and Waziristan; a tea-planter in Travancore, South India, 1924-8; Capt. I.A. Reserve Dec. 25, 1924; Head Master of Clevedon College, Somerset, 1932; transferred from Indian Army Reserve to 8th Batt. Middlesex Regt. T.A. June 1928 and to 43rd Div. R.E. (T.A.) March 16, 1936; resigned March 15, 1939; Lieut. The Queen's Regt. March 9, 1940; Capt. and Transport Officer 35th Infantry Bgde., Mar. 16, 1940; transferred to 9th East Surrey Regt. April 18, 1941 and 30th Somerset Light Inf. Feb. 1943; served in France, N. Africa and Italy in Great War II, 1943-5; m. March 11, 1940, Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Reginald Alfred Rhymes, of Clevedon, Somerset; d. 30 Nov. 1982.

REEKS, JAMES ALBERT, brother of Charles Frederick Reeks (qv); b. 9 Aug 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (James'); left Apr 1877; RMC Sandhurst 1879; 2nd Lieut., 45th Foot 11 Aug 1880; Lieut., Derbyshire Regt., 4 May 1881; Capt., 19 May 1886; Adjutant, 5 Aug 1886; Maj., 1 Jan 1899; retd. 21 Sep 1904; re-employed in command depot of Sherwood Foresters in 1914-8 War; Hon. Lieut. -Col., 25 Dec 1917; OBE 1 Jan 1918; m. 24 Aug 1907 Elwena Grace, dau. of Sir Francis Norie Miller, Bart., MP, Cleeve, Perthshire; d. 7 Jan 1944.

REEKS, CHARLES FREDERICK, elder son of Charles Frederick Reeks FRIBA, Westbourne Square, London, architect, and Helen, third dau. of Charles Rowland, North Street, Westminster, Principal Clerk, House of Commons; b. 27 Jan 1857; adm. 29 Jan 1870 (James'); left May 1876; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1876; BA 1881; MA 1884; ordained deacon 1881, priest 1882 (both London); Curate, St. Mary Magdalen, Paddington 1881-97; Vicar of Monmouth, Monmouthshire 1897-1912; Rector of Hinton Waldrist, Berks., 1915-8; m. 29 Apr 1889 Maud Edith, fifth dau. of Lieut. -Gen. William Hill, Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale, London; d. 28 Oct 1935.

Reed, William John, brother of Richard Gordon Reed (qv); b. 22 Jan. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left Apr. 1944; 2nd Lieut. RE Jan. 1946, Lieut. (perm. commission) Nov. 1947, Capt. Jan. 1953, psc 1957, Maj. Jan. 1960, Lieut. -Col. June 1967, Col. June 1971, Brig. Dec. 1977, retd. Sept. 1980; founder and dir. Aldershot Military Historical Trust and Museum; m. 22 Dec. 1953 Enid Patricia, d. of Brig. Richard Hennis Olpherts Coryton CBE; d. 9 Feb. 1992.

Reed, Roland William, son of the Rev. William Reed, Rector of Clifton Campville, Staffs, by Clothilde Josephine, daughter of J.J. Roland, of Secy-en-Varais, Besançon, Franche Comté, France; b. June 12, 1886; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left (with Triplett) July 1905; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1910 M.A. 1912; ordained 1910; Curate of St. Mary's, Dover, Kent, 1910-3, of Clifton Campville 1913-5; Rector of Clifton Campville 1915; temp. C.F. July 5, 1918; m. May 17, 1916, Claudia Mary, daughter of Major-Gen. Francis Harwood Poore, R.M.A.; d. Sept. 6, 1940.

Reed, Roland Anthony, brother of Richard Gordon Reed (qv); b. 29 Dec. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left Dec. 1938; RMC Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. Roy. Tank: Regt May 1940, Lieut. Nov. 1941; killed in action (Libya) 31 Dec. 1941.

Roland Anthony Reed was born at Clifton Campville, Staffordshire on the 29th of December 1920 the second son of the Reverend Roland William Reed and Claudia Mary (nee Poore) Reed of The Rectory, Clifton near Tamworth in Staffordshire. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1934 to December 1938. He entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1939 before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Tank Regiment on the 11th May 1940. He was posted to the 8th Royal Tank Regiment and was promoted to Lieutenant on the 11th of November 1941.
On the 30th of December 1941, the 8th Royal Tank Regiment was in camp at Bir Bu Tabel when they received orders at 6pm to make an attack on Bardia Fortress the following morning in support of the 3rd South African Infantry Brigade. A, B and C Squadrons left camp a short time later in three columns and arrived at their assembly point at 8.45pm that night.
The supporting artillery barrage began at 4.15am on the morning of the 31st of December 1941 with C Squadron arriving at the forward assembly area at 5.15am. Their tanks began moving forward though gaps in the minefields, which had been cleared by the Royal Engineers, at 6.30am. A short time later they received a message from B Squadron reporting that the infantry were being held up by enemy machine guns and were requesting assistance. Two tanks, those of Richard Reed and Major Peter Norman Veale, went forward to attack the enemy positions but when they arrived there the enemy appeared to have withdrawn and they returned to rejoin the Squadron. At 9am, it was reported that two of the three main enemy strong points had been silenced but that a third was still active and the infantry could not locate its exact position. A soon as Richard Reed’s tank went forward to assist it received a direct hit from the enemy strong point and caught fire. The tank commanded by Sergeant Barrett met the same fate immediately afterwards. Sergeant Barrett ran across to Richard Reed’s burning tank and managed to rescue the driver and the radio operator before making for cover. The rest of the crew perished. The enemy gun position was knocked out by Peter Veale a few minutes later. With no infantry support available from the South Africans, the rest of C Squadron withdrew.
The Regiment’s objectives were taken by noon but an enemy counterattack began at 12.40pm, which was driven off by 5pm after heavy fighting. The surviving tanks from the Regiment withdrew for the night at 11.30pm.
He is buried at Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Joint Grave 3 E 9.

Reed, Richard Gordon, son of Roland William Reed (qv); b. 28 Apr. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (G); left July 1936; 2nd Lieut. North Stafford Regt (TA) July 1937, Lieut. Jan. 1939, Capt. July 1945, despatches (Burma) Dec. 1943, TD Apr. 1951; Lieut. North Staffora Regt (perm. commission) Nov. 1945, Capt. July 1946, Maj. Sept. 1952; retd Aug. 1968; asst sec. REME Corps Secretariat 1968-70; Adj. Longmoor and Bordon Garrison 1970-81; m. 2 Dec. 1941 Margaret Stewart, d. of Alexander Stewart Macmillan MB, of Camberley, Surrey; d. 16 Apr. 1984.