Reeve Joseph Cpl 4686659
Personnel Entry
Name Reeve Joseph
Army number 4686659
Rank Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 31
Unit King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Trf Black Watch, Posted 1 TS, DIED 29/4/40 at No 11 General Hospital, Le Havre, France, after a fall from a billet roof near BOLBEC on 26/4/40. First Brigade casualty in France.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 29-Apr-40
Home address Research suggests Cpl Reeve was born in Blaydon in 1909, father George, mother Margaret (nee Taylor) and that he was a resident of County Durham at the time of his death. Buried Grave 7, Division 64, Plot 8, Row N, Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre.
Source table 1TS