Reeve Joseph Cpl 4686659
From 70 Brigade
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
