Charles Edmund Reffell (1895-1969)

Private 13086 2nd Corps The Coldstream Guards

Charles Edmund Reffell was born on 8 March 1895 at Clerkenwell to parents John Reffell and Mary Field. He was the youngest of four sons and also had two sisters.

Maurice Victor joined the army as a private in 1914 and served for 4½ years in The Coldstream Guards. During the Second World War he was an Air Raid Warden. An outline of his service history is shown below.

He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, the Victory Medal & the British War Medal in the First World War and the Defence Medal in the Second, which can be seen below on the left. More medals information can be found on the World War 1 medals page.

In 1923 he married Catherine Jenkins in the London district of Pancras. He died in Worcestershire during 1969 aged 74.

Medals & World War 1 Service History of Charles Edmund Reffell:

	5/10/1914 7/10/1914 27/4/1915 22/5/1915 18/7/1916 8/1/1917 31/3/1918 31/3/1918 18/5/1918 24/12/1918 25/2/1919	Attestation at Holborn, age: 19 Joined at Caterham Embarked Southampton Joined battalion in the field In hospital Appointed Lance Corporal Returned back to UK In hospital Discharged from hospital Posted to reserve Demobilised
Service details taken from 'Unburnt Document' series WO364 held in the National Archives at Kew and the Medal Rolls Index WO329, better known as the Medal Index Cards.