Last updated on: 25th March 2011

Reginald Walter CUFF (1887-1916)

	Reginald Walter CUFF

Name:	Reginald Walter CUFF
Sex:	Male
Father:	Walter Charles CUFF (1865-1896)
Mother:	Theresa MILLER (1861-1897)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	1887	Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset
Census (1)	5 Apr 1891 (age 3)	Mappowder 1
Census (2)	31 Mar 1901 (age 13)	Mappowder 2
Death	31 May 1916 (age 28-29)	H.M.S. Defence - Battle Of Jutland

Additional Information

Census (1)	Boywood
Census (2)	Mappowder - Schedule No.14

Marriage

Spouse	Eleanor WALSH ( - )
Children	John Reginald CUFF (1914-2000)
Marriage	1913 (age 25-26)	Bridgend 11a 1477 - March Qtr

Individual Note 1 (shared)

Mechanician 309680

 

Extract from Admiral Beatty's report:

"At 6.16p.m. Defense and Warrior were observed passing down between the British and German Battle Fleets under a very heavy fire. Defense was seen to blow up and Warrior passed to the rear disabled."

Individual Note 2

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Name: CUFF, REGINALD WALTER

Initials: R W

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Mechanician

Regiment/Service: Royal Navy

Unit Text: H.M.S. "Defence."

Date of Death: 31/05/1916

Service No: 309680

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: 14.

Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Sources

1	"Census 1891 Mappowder RG 12 1656 Folio 121 Page 1 (Walter Cuff (Head))". Assessment: Secondary evidence.

2	"Census 1901 Mappowder RG 13 2005 Folio 111 Page 3 (Thomas Mitchell (Head))".