Reginald Rouse

Bank: Union of London & Smiths Bank

Place of work: Southampton Union Bank branch

Died: 20 November 1917

 

Reginald Rouse was born in Exeter in 1888, the son of James Rouse and his wife Annie. He worked for Union of London & Smiths Bank.

 

In August 1914 Rouse left his job as a clerk at the bank's Southampton Union Bank branch to join the army. By 1917 he was a Company Quartermaster Serjeant in the Hampshire Regiment, on active service in the Middle East. He died there on 20 November 1917. He was 29 years old and left a widow, Laura Clara.

 

Reginald Rouse is commemorated on a bank war memorial at NatWest City of London office.

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