DOUGLAS JOHN ARTHUR REYNOLDS
TUBBY
Born: 1920, Ipswich.
Died: 19th January 1944; age: 25; Died of Wounds.
Residence: 168, Spring Road, Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5831556.
Regiment: Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey), 2/5th Battalion – Infantry.
Grave Reference:
II.H.12.
Minturno,
Lazio,
Italy.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Oliver Archibald Oscar & Mabel Irene Reynolds, of Ipswich.
Father: Oliver Archibald Oscar Reynolds, born 1892, Ipswich. A Bootmaker.
Mother: Mabel Irene Reynolds, born 1892, Ipswich – died 1935, Ipswich.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939
Douglas was living with his widowed father & siblings – at their family home – 168, Spring Road, Ipswich.
Oliver, a Bootmaker.
Cecil Oliver H. Reynolds, born November 1917, Ipswich.
Irene E.S. Reynolds, a Machinist, born September 1921, Ipswich.
Donald Gordon O. Reynolds, born June 1924, Ipswich.
Mabel Olive L. Reynolds, at School, born September 1926, Ipswich.
Freda Ivy R. Reynolds, born December 1929, Ipswich.
One Comment
Tubby was the brother of my nanna Irene. I am the only family member who I know has been to Tubby’s grave in Minturno. My mother, Irene’s daughter has some belongings of Tubby, including his writings which are all written in mirror writing. I love the images in Sailmakers.