Reginald was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1888 but by 1891, his parents, Robert, a railway plate maker and wife Sarah had moved to Old Westwood (Palmerston Street).  Reginald had brothers and sisters, Frederick, Robert Cecil, Percival, Alfred George, Mary Ann & Ellie Jane.

A Selston Roll of Honour published in January 1917 indicates that Reginald was a regular soldier, having enlisted at Ripley, Derbyshire in 1906 and was sent to France on 4th November 1914.  He was killed in action on Wednesday 5th July 1916, age unknown, whilst attacking the German lines at Boisselle near the River Selle, France. 

He is commemorated at The Thiepval Memorial, The Somme. Memorial to the 72,000 men, killed in the Somme sector, having no known grave.