One of the more mature casualties to die in the Second World War, Reg was a member of the Royal Army Service Corps, perhaps the largest unit in the Army.  Its role consisted of anything that involved supporting the front line infantry, which could be anything from organising base camps to preparing food supplies, or to transporting troops from one place to another.  In Reg’s case he was attached to a different unit, the East Africa Service Corps as at the time he was stationed in this location.  It was not uncommon for Officers or Non-Commissioned Officers (N.C.O.’s – such as Sergeants) to be moved to other units if they were particularly short of certain ranks.  This was particularly so within ‘colonial’ units where it was still considered in certain circles to be improper if the Officers and the more senior N.C.O’s were not white, or at the very least, British.

          Reg was serving in Zambia at this time and was killed in action whilst on his duties; there were sporadic pockets of fighting across central Africa throughout the war as the German’s held territory on the western side of the continent whilst the British held the south and the east.  He was laid to rest in Ndola (Kanenshi) Cemetery.

          Reg was the son of Thomas and Ada Cash and the wife of Lorna whom he had married several years earlier.