The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal J Reeves

Corporal Joseph REEVES, 204461, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 2169, K.S.L.I.), killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 28th March 1918, age 21.

Born Crewe, Cheshire, son of John & Alice Reeves, of 24, Grosvenor Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire.

4th June 1897, St Paul, Coppenhall, Crewe, Cheshire, baptism of Joseph Reeves, son of John & Alice Reeves.

1911 Census - The Villa, Wistanswick, Market Drayton, Shropshire - John Reeves, head, married, farmer, own account, home, born Market Drayton, Shropshire; Joseph Reeves, son, age 13, school, born Crewe, Cheshire; Nancy Reeves, daughter, age 12, school, born Tyrley, Staffordshire; William Reeves, son, age 11, school, born Tyrley, Staffordshire; Fred Reeves, son, age 7, school, born Tyrley, Staffordshire; Alice Reeves, daughter, age 7, school, born Tyrley, Staffordshire; Edith Reeves, daughter, age 5, born Market Drayton, Shropshire; Ethel Reeves, daughter, age 2, born Ashley, Staffordshire.

Enlisted Market Drayton, Shropshire. Resided Market Drayton, Shropshire.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, France. / Market Drayton War Memorial.

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