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Reginald Percy Gale |
Surname |
Christian Names |
Service Number |
Rank |
Regiment |
Gale |
Reginald Percy |
T/168267 |
L/Cpl |
90 Armd Bde Coy, Royal Army
Service Corps |
Born |
Age |
Enlisted at |
Address |
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26 |
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Date of Death |
Where killed |
Cause of Death |
08/06/1944 |
Normandy |
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Cemetery |
Plot |
Country |
Hermanville War Cemetery |
I,D,22 |
France |
Next of Kin |
Next of kin address |
Town |
Doris Olive Gale |
London Road |
Chippenham |
Notes |
Son of Percy and Elsie
Gale, of Chippenham, Wiltshire; husband of Doris Olive Gale, of Chippenham.
Information has been received that L/Cpl Reginald Gale RASC of London Road,
Chippenham has been killed in France. He was the only son of Mr and Mrs P
Gale of Chippenham and was employed at the Condensary as a lorry driver
before joining the Army.
Deceased served in the France with the BEF and was evacuated from the West
coast after Dunkirk. He was married.
Wilts Times 8 July 1944
"On the night of the 7th/8th June there was a German Air Road over
the location and a bomb fell amongst where the men were - your husband was
killed outright"
Letter from Major JR Cuthbertson
It was planned to name a street at Pewsham, Gale Close after L/Cpl Gale
before it was realised that there was already a Gales Close on Monkton Park. |
Memorials Commemorated on: |
Chippenham Town War Memorial |
Yes |
Gale on the left
Letters and Photos courtesy of Melanie, Gale's great, great niece
Headstone photo courtesy of SandieP via http://www.findagrave.com/index.html
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Last updated -
08/05/2017
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