Reginald Hamilton Earnshaw (5 February 1927 – 6 July 1941), known as Reggie Earnshaw, is believed to have been the youngest person in the British services to die in World War II.

He was just 14 years, 151 days old when he died under enemy fire off the coast of Norfolk on 6 July 1941.

Aged 12, he moved with the family to the Granton area of Edinburgh, attending Bellevue School.

Earnshaw's body was recovered after the attack and his death certificate, based partly on the false information he had supplied on recruitment, gave his age only as "about 15 years".

[2] Buried originally in an unmarked grave (section P, grave 440) at Comely Bank Cemetery, Edinburgh,[1] his story and his true age came to light after shipmate Alfred Tubb started a search for his burial place.