Henry Thomas Reeves (1882 - 1917)

Born 1882 in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England

Died 9 May 1917 at about age 35 in France

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Biography

Henry Reeves served in the British Army in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): Devonshire Regiment 8th (Service) Btn.
Service ended: Sep 5, 1917 (KIA)

Henry Reeves was Killed in Action during World War I.

Henry Thomas Reeves (1882-1917) was the son of Thomas Reeve & his wife Eliza Ann née Brown (m: 1872 Malmesbury)

Sources

free BMD Births Sep Q 1882 Malmsbury 5a 58 REEVES Henry Thomas.

Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

First name(s) Henry Thomas

Last name Reeves

Service number 30682

Rank Private

Regiment Devonshire Regiment

Battalion 8th (Service) Battalion.

Birth place Malmesbury, Wilts

Residence -

Enlistment place Malmesbury

Death year 1917

Death day 9

Death month 5

Cause of death Killed in action

Death place France & Flanders

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

HENRY THOMAS REEVES

Service Number: 30682

Regiment & Unit/Ship: Devonshire Regiment 8th Bn.

Date of Death: Died 09 May 1917 Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at: ARRAS MEMORIAL Bay 4. France

Census

1891 U.K. census for Gloucester Road Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England :

Thomas Reeves : Head : Married : Age 52 : Shoemaker  : Birth Place: Malmesbury, Wilts., England.

Eliza Anne Reeves : Wife : Married : Age 51 : Birth Place: Wells, Somerset, England.

George Reeves  : Son : Single : Age 17 : Shoemaker : Birth Place: Malmesbury, Wilts., England.

Mary J Reeves : Daughter : Single : Age 16 : None : Birth Place: Malmesbury, Wilts., England.

Ellen M Reeves : Daughter : Age11 : Birth Place: Malmesbury, Wilts., England.

Harry T Reeves : Son : Age 8 : Birth Place: Malmesbury, Wilts., England.

1911 U.K. census for Gloucester Road Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England :

Eliza Anne Reeves : Wife : Widow : Age 71 : None : Birth Place: Wells, Somersetshire, England.

Mary Jane Reeves : Daughter : Single : Age 36 : None : Birth Placce: Malmesbury, Wilts., England.

Henry Thomas Reeves  :Son : Single : Age 28 : Boot Repairing : Birth Place: Malmesbury, Wilts., England.