Reeve, Percy
Reeve, Percy
Military History:
Regiment:
Bedfordshire Regiment
Rank:
Private
Service Number:
10160
Date of Enlisting:
Date of death:
26.10.1914
Cemetery/ Memorial:
Richebourg-l’Avoue, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
UK Cemetery/Memorial:
Ashwell Village War Memorial
Percy enlisted at Bedford with the 1st Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment, Regimental Number 10160. He served at the Western European Theatre of War, France and Flanders and was killed in action on 26th October 1914.
Percy was awarded the 1914/15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
He is commemorated on the Richebourg-l’Avoue, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Memorial and on the Ashwell War Memorial. Although he was a pupil of the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell he is not on their Roll of Honour.
Family History:
Date of Birth:
16.4.1895
Birth Place:
Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire
Residence:
Royston, Cambridgeshire
Marriage:
Single
Percy was born in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, the fourth son of James and Sarah (nee Manning). He was educated at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell. Before going to war he was in domestic service.
Percy’s brother, Horace served with the 1st Hertfordshire but returned home and died in an accident on the railway line at Letchworth on 9th July 1914.
Commentary:
| Name: | Percy Reeve |
| Birth Place: | Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire |
| Residence: | Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire |
| Death Date: | 26.1.1914 |
| Enlistment Place: | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Bedfordshire Regiment |
| Battalion: | 1st Battalion |
| Regimental Number: | 10160 |
| Type of Casualty: | Killed in Action |
| Theatre of War: | Western Europe, France and Flanders |
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hi it was actually Albert Reeve who died on the railway at Royston not Horace. Horace his brother lived in old Tupton Chesterfield till age 90
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