Reginald Walter Haskell

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Reginald Walter Haskell was born in Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, on 16 Nov 1897 the son of Walter Haskell and Kate (Katie) Haskell (nee Kiddle). He lived most of his civilian life in Donhead St. Andrew. He had enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service Nos. 0104 and 16434). He had served abroad with both the 5th and 6th Battalions eventually being awarded the Military Medal per a London Gazette announcement on 23 Jul 1919. He was transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment (Unchanged Service N0. 0104). He remained in the Army after the war and the 1921 Census shows him in Barracks near Trowbridge, Wiltshire. He married Ellen Temple in Londonderry, Ireland, in the 4th Quarter of 1921. He had also been awarded the Victory and British War Medals though these were returned as there was some trouble over his service in Nov 1922. The 1939 Register shows him living in Lower Street, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, working as a General Labourer. His death was recorded in Salisbury, Wiltshire, during 1963.