Reginald A. Rozelaar
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Reginald Arnold Rozelaar was born on 3rd November 1894 in County Monaghan to Abraham and Margaret Rozelaar. The family later moved from Ireland to England and, when he was granted a temporary RNVR commission as a Sub-Lieutenant on 8th July 1915, they were residing at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Reginald was initially posted to the Crystal Palace Depot as a supernumerary and was borne on the books of the 4th Battalion in September 1915. On 13th November, he was posted to the 1st Reserve Battalion at Blandford. On 18th December, he was admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital at Portland with a diagnosis of gonorrhoea. He was discharged back to Blandford on 11th January 1916. |
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On 14th January, Reginald was granted four days’ leave and a further twelve days on 4th March. On 10th May, he was transferred to the Officer Cadet Battalion, B.4 Lines, at Blandford and, two weeks later, was sent to the Larkhill Camp Instruction School on Salisbury Plain. On 5th September, he was transferred to the 3rd Reserve Battalion and was drafted to the Anson Battalion on 8th February 1917, joining his unit on 23rd February. On 19th April, Reginald was sent to No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station suffering from rheumatism. On 22nd April, he was admitted to the 20th General Hospital at Camiers, where his condition is recorded as a slight case of myalgia. On 24th April, he was invalided to England and admitted to Brighton’s 2nd Eastern General Hospital. On the same day, he was accepted on probation for duty as an Observer in the Royal Flying Corps. On 13th June, Reginald was admitted to Marylebone’s Prince of Wales Hospital. From 6th July onwards, he was considered unfit for general service by various medical boards. On 15th January 1918, he was taken on the strength of the Division for treatment. On 27th February, the Medical Board at Blandford found him unfit for any further military service. On 23rd March, he was posted to the 3rd Reserve Battalion at Aldershot and then transferred to the 2nd Reserve Battalion eight days later. On 5th April, he was discharged as physically unfit and released for an appointment in the Department of Mechanical Warfare Supply at the Ministry of Munitions. In 1924, Reginald married Edith Chilton at Kings Norton, Birmingham. The marriage produced no known children. He died at Dudley in 1976. |
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