RUDGE Reginald Harry

Name given as Harry Reginald Rudge on Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Canadian Attestation Paper.

The birth of Reginald Harry R. Rudge is registered in the June Quarter 1886 under the Bromsgrove Registration District.

1891 Census
Blackwell Station, Bromsgrove
Arthur J. Rudge, head, age 34, Railway Signalman, born Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire
Annie E. Rudge, wife, age 34, born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Florence A. Rudge, daughter, age8, Scholar, born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Arthur J. Rudge, son, age 6, Scholar, born Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Reginald H. Rudge, son, age 5, Scholar, born Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Hubert C. Rudge, son, age 3, born Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

1901 Census
Blackwell, Bromsgrove
Arthur Joseph Rudge, head, age 42, Railway Signalman, born Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire
Annie E. Rudge, wife, age 41, born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Arthur J. Rudge, son, age 16, Railway ** Clerk, born Blackwell, Worcestershire
Reginald H. Rudge, son, age 15, Railway Booking Clerk, born Blackwell, Worcestershire
Hubert C. Rudge, son, age 13, born Blackwell, Worcestershire
Millicent A. Rudge, age 11, daughter, Blackwell, Worcestershire
Albert R. Rudge, son, age 7, Blackwell, Worcestershire
Clarence V. Rudge, son, age 5, Blackwell, Worcestershire
Harold W. Rudge, son, age 1, Blackwell, Worcestershire

Reginald Rudge enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force as Harry Rudge on 1st November 1915 at Montreal, Canada.  On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 19th March 1886 in Birmingham, England, his occupation as a tinsmith and his next of kin as his wife, Annie Rudge.  Reginald was 5 feet 5 inches tall with a dark complexion, grey eyes and black hair.