Reeves, George

Summary

Father: John Charles REEVES
Mother: Edith Esther PHILPOT

Birth: 1901
Birth Source: Census

Death: 1918
Death Source: CWGC.org

Spouse1:

Narrative

George Reeves was the son of John Charles Reeves and his wife Edith Esther (nee Philpot). According to the information provide by his father on the 1911 census return he was 10 years old, so born about 1901. His father indicates George was born in Brighton, Sussex. FreeBMD has no obvious birth registration of this individual, but as noted elsewhere, this family have a tendency to use familiar given names rather than their formal given names.

George is not explicitly named on the 1901 census return. However there is a son who is 1 month old named Baden V Reeves, who was also born in Brighton. Again FreeBMD has no obvious birth registration for this individual either and it is strongly suspected Baden and George are the same individual.

It is believed that George's death is that recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website as simply G Reeves.  He was serving as Private G/14243 in the 16th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment and died in September 1918. He is buried in the Unicorn Cemetery, Vedhuile which is in Aisne département of France (FR-02).   The CWGC website has no additional notes for this individual.

The death of Private G/14243 of the Sussex Regiment is included in the GRO Index to War Deaths 1914-1921. Army (other Ranks) page 3013 as George Reeves, year 1918, vol I.73, page 395.

The "UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929" entry for Private 14243 (sic, no G/ prefix) George Reeves shows him serving with the 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment and that he was Killed in Action. It shows two payments to his father John C, the first in August 1919 and the second in October 1919.

There is also a record in Soldiers Died in the Great War for Private G/14243 George Reeves. It gives his place of birth as Brighton and notes he was killed in action.

His death along with that of his elder brother Harold Albert Bertram Reeves is recorded on the Brighton War Memorial in Old Steine Gardens, Brighton. There are two other individuals sharing the surname Reeves commemorated there; Ernest Reeves and William Harold Reeves.

Research Notes

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Birth:       
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Death:      GRO Index to War Deaths 1914-1921 Army (Other Ranks) page 3013
                  CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/177736/REEVES,%20G

1901 Census: RG13, Piece 0923, Folio 95 face, Page 31
1911 Census: RG14, Piece 5024, Reg.Dist. 076 (Cuckfield), Sub Dist. 2 (Hurstpierpoint), Enum.Dist. 5, Schedule 68

Brighton War Memorial http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Brighton.html

From Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1918 at FindMyPast

First name(s) 		GEORGE
Last name		REEVES
Service number 		G/14243
Rank 			PRIVATE
Regiment 		Royal Sussex Regiment
Battalion 		16th Battalion.
Birth place 		BRIGHTON
Residence 		-
Enlistment place 	WHITEHALL
Death year 		1918
Death day 		21
Death month 		9
Cause of death 		Killed in action
Death place 		British Expeditionary Force
Theatre of war 		Western European Theatre