Maurice Victor Reffell (1896-1944)

Corporal 3396/206559 5th (Reserve) Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

Maurice Victor Reffell was born in the last quarter of 1896 at Shere Surrey to parents William Joseph Reffell and Kate Maria Boorer. He was the second of three sons and also had four sisters. One of his brothers was Alan Herbert Reffell.

Maurice Victor joined the army as a private in 1914 and served for 4 years and 105 days, having been promoted to a corporal and been wounded twice. He joined The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), the second most senior regiment of the British Army. An outline of his service history is shown below.

He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, the Victory Medal & the British War Medal, which can be seen below on the left and also on the World War 1 medals page.

In 1937 he married Margaret Jones in the Beulah Chapel at Caernarvon, unfortunately dying in that town on 4 July 1944 aged only 47.

Medals & World War 1 Service History of Maurice Victor Reffell:

	5/11/1914 17/7/1915 10/4/1916 5/5/1916 17/7/1916 5/8/1916 17/8/1916 10/10/1916 26/3/1917 6/8/1917 4/11/1917 20/11/1917 2/4/1918 17/6/1918 23/8/1918 18/9/1918 19/1/1919 20/1/1919 31/3/1920	Attestation at Guildford, age: 22 In theatre of war At Alexandria, Egypt At Fayoum, Egypt Embarked at Devonport for MEF on HMT 'Ulysses' Disembarked Port Said Embarked HMT 'Canada' Disembarked Gallipoli Wounded in action Attended Army Sniping School, result 1st class 88% Wounded in action again, gun shot wound to left knee, Syria Discharged Mohamdiya Hospital to Kantana Promoted to Lance Corporal (unpaid) Embarked Alexandria Two weeks leave in the UK Promoted to Corporal Embarked Dunkirk for Dover Dover Dispersal Unit Discharged to reserve
Service details taken from 'Burnt Document' series WO363/R56 held in the National Archives at Kew and the Medal Rolls Index WO329, better known as the Medal Index Cards.