A plaque is being unveiled on Remembrance Day to commemorate a brave boy soldier who died in one of the bloodiest battles of the World War 1.

Reginald Albert Twyford, known as Young Reggie, was just 14 when he was one of the first to enlist in the 13th (Service) Battalion (Wandsworth) of the East Surrey Regiment, in 1915 part of Kitchener's newly formed all volunteer army.

People under the age of 18 were not allowed to join the army and you had to be 19 to be sent on overseas service.

In June Pte Twyford's battalion was posted to the northern France and he fought in the Battle of the Somme where the British Army sustained 60,000 on the first day, July 1, 1916.

Five weeks later, on August 8, aged 15, he was killed by shellfire whilst A Company was holding the front line trenches near Guillemont.

Pte Twyford was the son of John Williams Twyford who was a gardener and lived in Merton Road, Wandsworth.

His grave can be found in the Philosophe British Cemetery outside the village of Mazingarbe near Calais.

Terry Chapman, a historian at the Imperial War Museum, said he was one of around 10,000 young men who enlisted before they were 18.

He said: "There was a lot of trouble in those days and there was not the bureaucracy in place today to check. It was probably known they were under-age."

The youngest man to fight in World War I was John Condon from Ireland, who died in May 1916 when he was under 14-years-old.

A plaque in his honour is being unveiled in Roehampton High Street at 1.30pm on Friday by the mayor of Wandsworth.

His name was included in a list of people from the borough that community groups and councillors wanted to honour.

The incentive is now in it's third year, with the plaque being unveiled to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the Poppy Appeal.

Wandsworth Archives is keen to trace any living relatives of Pte Twyford. Anyone with any information should call 020 8871 7753.