Reginald Still

Bank: Williams Deacon’s Bank

Place of work: London Birchin Lane branch

Died: 7 October 1916

Reginald Sydney Hewitt Still was born on 27 September 1894, the son of Arthur Sydney Still, a buyer for Selfridges, and his wife Mary. He was educated at Westminster City School, after which he went to work for Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Two years later, in October 1912, he took a job with Williams Deacon's Bank.

During the First World War Still left his job at the bank's London Birchin Lane branch to join the army, and by 1916 he was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers, on active service in France. He was killed in action on the Somme on 7 October 1916. He was 22 years old.

Reginald Still is commemorated on a bank war memorial at Hardman Boulevard office, Manchester.