Date of Birth
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher at Borough Road College
WW1 rank
Lieutenant
Royal Berkshire Regiment, 5th Battalion
Date of death
13 October 1915
Location of death
France or Belgium
Buried/memorial
Loos Memorial (Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 93 to 95.); Balliol College, Oxford Memorial
Biography
Lieutenant Stephen Lacy Reiss was the son of Charles Arthur and Florence Lacy Reiss. He had attended Marlborough School and, in 1907, he was admitted to Balliol College Oxford. He had been in the Officer Training Corps at both Marlborough School and Oxford. He applied for a commission on 15 August 1914 and was granted immediately on the recommendation from Oxford University. At the time of enlistment, he was a teacher at Borough Road College. Reiss served with 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was killed on 13 October 1915 aged 26. He is listed on Oxford University's memorial.
Sources
Entry on p.88 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1918 Annual Report, Balliol College War Memorial Book, secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from The National Archives, Officer records)