Date of Birth
1 January 1894
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher at Higher Grade School, Wood Green
Service number
Unknown
WW1 rank
Second Lieutenant
East Yorkshire Regiment, 7th Battalion
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
12 May 1917
Buried/memorial
Arras Memorial (Grave/Memorial reference: Bay 4 and 5)
Biography
Second Lieutenant Reginald Thomas Salmon was the son of Thomas Harlan and Mabel Salmon. He attended Borough Road College for two years, receiving a distinction in his teaching module, before graduating in 1914 with Intermediate Sciences. Salmon enlisted in the Royal Engineers and was later commissioned into the 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed on the 12 May 1917 aged 24.
Sources
Entry on p.87 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, 1915 Annual reports, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), Picture provided by Stephanie Hornett