REES John Edgar (Jack)
Memorial Plaque,
Family Memorial at Oystermouth Cemetery
and extracts from 2nd Battalion War records
REES John Edgar (Jack)
Lance Corporal R/15812,
2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
Killed in Action aged 41 on 1st July 1916
on THE WESTERN FRONT
Remembered on the ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, France
Son of Captain James and Leiza Annie.
Born Lougher, enlisted Swansea.
He served in the South African campaign and saw service in German South West Africa with the Rhodesian Regiment.
REES John Edgar (Jack)
Documents in his Service Record, one is shown below, show that on 10 April 1916 he made an:
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO A TEMPORARY COMMISION
IN THE REGULAR ARMY FOR THE PERIOD OF THE WAR
Extracts from 2nd Battalion War records
As a result of enquiries, Col. I. H. McCausland of the Royal Green Jackets, with which the KRRC is now combined, has been kind enough to supply the following information concerning the 2nd Battalion’s activities just before and after Jack died in Flanders on 30th June 1916.
This was the beginning of the terrible battle of the Somme.
In 1915 the 2nd Bn. was involved in major action at Aubers Ridge on 9th May, and at Loos on 24th September to 15th October. In 1916 the battalion was again involved at Loos and later the ‘attack on the triangle’ took place and the 2nd Battalion War records describe these days as follows.
To be updated soon