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Personal data Fitzroy Alfred (Roy) Reffell 

• He was born on 1ST Q 1899 in St. George's Hanover Square, London. England.Sources 1, 2

  Birth March Qtr 1899 St Georges Hanover Sq. Vol 1a page 477

• Resident:
• in the year 1901: 8 Cumberland Street, Pimlico, London. England.Source 3

  Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 88; Folio: 92; Page: 51.
  
  Census Transcript Household London 1901
  Address 8 Cumberland Street
  Parish St George Hanover Square
  Registration District St George Hanover Square
  Image Reference RG13/0088/F? [Pages 183-184]
  Found 3 Results.
  Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
  William A Ruffell 24 1877 Head Soho, London Bus Driver
  Ethel E Ruffell 24 1877 Wife Pimlico, London
  Fitzsoy Ruffell 2 1899 Son Pimlico, London

• in the year 1911: 24 Sutherland Street, Belgrave, London.Source 4

  RG14PN452 RG78PN15 RD5 SD2 ED20 SN40
  
  Census Transcript Household London 1911 Address 24 Sutherland Street S W Civil Parish St George, Hanover Square Sub District Belgrave
  Registration District St George, Hanover Square Image Reference RG14 - PN452 RD5 SD2 ED20 SN40 Found 7 Results.
  Forename Surname Age Year Born Gender Relation Marriage Status Years Married Birth Place Occupation
  William Alfred Reffell 34 1877 Male Head Married Soho, London Taxi Driver
  Ethel Elizabeth Reffell 34 1877 Female Wife Married 13 Belgravia, London
  Fitzroy Alfred Reffell 12 1899 Male Son Belgravia, London
  Esther Thornton Dawson Reffell 8 1903 Female Daughter Belgravia, London
  Wilma Ethel Reffell 6 1905 Female Daughter Belgravia, London
  Jack Arkaway Reffell 4 1907 Male Son Belgravia, London
  Richard Noble Reffell 2 1909 Male Son Belgravia, London

• He died on March 24, 1918 in Somme France, he was 19 years old.Source 2

  Name: REFFELL, Fitzroy Alfred
  
  Regiment, Corps etc.: Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Battalion etc.: Surname: Reffell Forename(s): Fitzroy Alfred Initials: F A Birthplace: London, S.W. Enlisted: London, S.W. Residence: Rank: GUNNER Number: L/4566 Date died: 24 March 1918 How died: Killed in action Theatre of war: France & Flanders
  
  Name Fitzroy Alfred Reffell
  Event Type Burial
  Event Date 1918
  Event Place Pozieres, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
  Photograph Included Y
  Death Date 24 Mar 1918
  Affiliate Record Identifier 16078533
  Cemetery Pozieres Memorial

• A child of William Alfred Reffell and Ethel Elizabeth Dawson
• This information was last updated on October 1, 2022.

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Gunner (Despatch Rider) L/4566 Fitzroy (Roy) Alfred Reffell
'A' Battery, 95th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action on Sunday, 24th March 1918, aged 19
Personal Information:
Fitzroy Alfred Reffell was born 1Q/1899 in St George Hanover Square, The eldest son of William Alfred Reffell (1877-1944) and Ethel Elizabeth Dawson (1877-1946).In 1911 his father was a taxi driver and the family lived at 24 Sutherland Street Belgravia. He was unmarried and awarded the 1915 Star, the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
Historical Information:
The 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht (Kaiser's Battle), also known as the Ludendorff Offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front which marked the deepest advances by either side since 1914. The Germans had realised that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the Allies before the overwhelming resources of the United States could be deployed later that year. They also had the advantage of nearly 50 divisions freed by the Russian surrender.
On 21 March 1918, the Germans launched the last major offensive against the British Fifth Army. By the end of that day the British had lost nearly 20,000 dead and 35,000 wounded, and the Germans had broken through at several points. After two days Fifth Army was in full retreat. As they fell back, many of the isolated redoubts were left to be surrounded and overwhelmed by the following German infantry.
On 24 March the Germans are held back in desperate fighting round Bapaume, they cross the Somme between Peronne and Ham, and take Nesle and Peronne. Further south they captured Guiscard and Chauny. After a few days however, the German advance began to falter, as the infantry became exhausted and it became increasingly difficult to move artillery and supplies forward to support them. On 5 April the operation was cancelled. By the standards of the time there had been a substantial advance, but it was however a Pyrrhic victory.

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