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REGINALD THOMAS POGUE

Died : 28 Sep 1918
Rank : Second Lieutenant
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Surname: POGUE
Forename: REGINALD THOMAS
Initials: R T
Date of Birth 1897
Place of BirthBristol
Place of Birth Source1901 Census
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Schools attended Wimborne Grammar School
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Family (parents and grandparents)Son of Alice POUGE, of Craneside, Cranborne and the late Thomas POGUE who had died in 1906 aged 55.
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NotesIn the 1901 census the family are living in Edmondsham.
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Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards Millitary Cross
Other service details“T./2nd Lt. Reginald Thomas Pogue, Tank Corps. For conspicuous gallantry with his Tank in clearing the way, and thus enabling the infantry to advance practically without loss. He inflicted severe casualties on enemy machine gunners,and was largely responsible for the capture of prisoners. In action, four times within the week, he seta splendid example, and always kept his Tank tuned up for emergency.”

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Awarded Military Cross
Age at death21
Date of death 28 Sep 1918
Regiment at deathTank Corps
Battalion at death4th Bn.
Rank at deathSecond Lieutenant
Circumstances of deathThe Western Gazette, 27 December 1918 (p.3) says that “2nd Lieutenant Pogue had been the final boy from Poole Secondary School to die in the war.”
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Field of action at death
Place of deathFrance
Location of graveDoinght Communal Cemetery Extension
PositionI. C. 33.
Other memorialsCranborne Memorial and named on plaque within Church. Wooden Memorial in the hall Queen Elizabeth's School
Newspaper Reference MC citation in Supplement to the London Gazette, No. 30997, 7 November 1918, p. 13165.