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Cpl. Louis Reah
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:South Shields
(d.22nd Mar 1918)
Louis Reah, Corporal 47551, enlisted at Newcastle and served in the 11th Battalion (City of London Regiment) Royal Fusiliers. he died on the 22nd March 1918 and is remembered at Pozieres Memorial. His medal card shows the award of the War and Victory Medals.
A search of the 1901 census reveals his family living in Cauldwell, Harton, Durham with his father William (39) and mother Sarah (35). There are 6 children all of school age, Mary(15), Louis(13), William(11), Winnifred(8), Thomas(6) and Olive(2).
The 1911 census shows him as a boarder with Francis and Prudence Bowmaker at 37 Glen Terrace, Washington Station, Durham. Louis is 23, single and a picture hall manager.