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John Edgar Reynolds was born the 17 Mar 1881 in Flemingate, Beverley, the son of Benjamin and Sarah Reynolds. At the age of 20 he enlisted in the 109th Squadron of the Imperial Yeomanry and served in South Africa in the Boer War. He was demobilised in Aug 1902. In 1905 he re-enlisted as a regular soldier in the Coldstream Guards and served with the 3rd Battalion in Egypt from Sep 1906 to Mar 1911, during which time he attained the rank of Lance Sergeant. He was promoted to Sergeant on 5 Aug 1914, before being posted to France on 20 Aug 1914. During his service in France he was further promoted to Company Quartermaster Sergeant in Apr 1915.
In 1916 he was awarded the Military Medal and having sustained a shell wound to his left forearm, returned to England in May of that year where he remained until he returned to France in Jan 1918 until Mar 1918. He was discharged on 6 Sep 1918 as "No longer physically fit for war service".
Five of John's six brothers also served, Victor with the Royal Army Medical Corps was awarded the Military Medal in 1916, Daniel was killed in Nov 1914.
On 13 Jun 1914 John married Emily Matilda Minham in Uxbridge, Middlesex, they had two children, Harold Edgar Charles and Millicent Jennie May. John died in Leeds, in Jun 1949, aged 68.
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