Birth: 5 August 1893 26 Belgrave Mews South, Belgravia, London, UK
Father: Jesse Herbert Short 1856-1925
Mother: Sarah Ellen Joy 1862-1928
Christening: 2 September 1893 St Peter, Eaton Square, Pimlico, London, UK
Marriage: 22 July 1923 All Saints, Benhilton, Surrey, UK
Wife: Kate Adelaide Sandys 1897-1989
Death: March 1956 Mid Eastern Surrey, UK
Burial: 26 March 1956 Sutton, Surrey, UK
Kathleen Brenda Short [Large, Smith] 1927-1986
Birth of Reginald David Short in FreeBMD in July-September 1893 in St. Geo. H. Sq. (1a 451).
Entry in Ancestry Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919 for Reginald David Short born 5 August 1893, baptised 2 September 1893 at St Peter, Eaton Square, Pimlico, London, parents Jesse Herbert and Sarah Ellen Short. "Baptisms Solemnised in Saint Peter's Church, Pimlico in the Month of 1893 [...] Sept 2 Reginald David [parents] Jefse Herbert [a] Coachman & Sarah Ellen Short of 26 Belgravia Mews South".
In the 1901 census as Reginald Short aged 7, born in St Georges, London, and living with his parents (Jesse and Sarah), two sisters (Beatrice and Jane), and two servants (Albert Green aged 31 and born in Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire, and William Archer aged 24 and born in Canterbury, Kent, both single and stablemen) at 26 Belgrave Mews South, Belgrave, St George Hanover Square, London.
In the 1911 census as Reginald Short aged 17, born in London, Middlesex, single, working on farm and living with his parents (Jesse Herbet and Sarah) and two sisters (Beatrice and Jane Ellen) in 10 rooms at Queens Head, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire.
Entry in Ancestry UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920 for Reginald David Short 49145 Gunner aged 26, born in Belgravia, London in 1893, father Jesse, enlisted 19 October 1914, address 31 Lancaster Road, West Norwood, previously a porter, injury to left foot 30 June 1918 in France while acting as a groom out riding his horse fell resulting in swelling of left ankle after walking - however this was rejected by a Board which said he walks on the outside of his left foot due to habit.
There are two entries in Ancestry UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 for Reginald David Short Gunner 49145 in Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery) disembarked 14 July 1914, discharged by 1919, 1914-15 Star, and 49145 Gunner Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery), previously R.F.A. 49145. Gnr. British War Medal and Victory Medal.
There are three entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Reginald David Short address 31 Lancaster Road, Norwood, Lambeth in 1919 to 1923, other occupants Jesse Herbert and Sarah Ellen Short (parents?), and Sarah Ellen Bonnett (married sister?) and Henry Bonnett (her husband?) in 1923.
Marriage of Reginald D Short and Kate A Sandys in FreeBMD in July- September 1923 in Epsom (2a 11).
Entry in Ancestry Sutton, Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for Reginald David Short, father Jesse Herbert Short, and Kate Adelaide Sandys on 22 July 1923 at Benhilton, All Saints, Surrey. "Page 7 [...] 1923 Marriage solemnized at All Saints Parish Church in the Parish of Benhilton in the County of Surrey. No. 14 July 22 1923 Reginald David Short [aged] 29, [a] Bachelor [and] L.C.C. Motor Man [of] 2 William Villas, Benhilton, [father] Jesse Herbert Short, [a] Taxi Driver, [and] Kate Adelaide Sandys [aged] 26, [a] Spinster [of] 2 William Villa, Behilton, [father] Thomas Sandys, [a] Fishmonger. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Ada Sandys and Sarah Ellen Short."
His daughter was born in Epsom in 1927.
There are thirty four entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1945 for Reginald David Short address 2 Lind Villas, Carshalton Road, Sutton, Epsom in 1924 to 1933, other occupant Kate Adelaide Short (wife?) from 1930, and another family, and 142 Carshalton Road West, Epsom in 1934 to 1939, other occupant Kate Adelaide Short (wife?), and another family.
There are three entries in Ancestry Sutton, Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1931-1970 for Reginald David Short address 142 Carshalton Road West, Epsom in 1934 to 1936, other occupant Kate Adelaide Short (wife?), and another family.
There are eleven entries in Ancestry Sutton, Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1931-1970 for Reginald D Short address 142 Carshalton Road West to 1848 changing to Carshalton Road, Sutton from 1945 to 1956, other occupants Kate A Short (wife?), Kathleen B Short (daughter?) from 1949 to 1950, Kathleen and Francis F Large (daughter and son-in-law?} from 1951, other familes to 1950.
Death of Reginald D Short in FreeBMD in January-March 1956 aged 62 in Surrey Mid E (5g 398).
Entry in Deceased Online for Reginald David Short buried on 26 March 1956 in Sutton.
Reginald David Short was the father of Kathleen Brenda Short, wife of Frank Flower Large, my second cousin.
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