Private Albert James Reeves

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Reeves, Albert James

Date of birth: 1896-11-04

Place of birth: St. Albons Hetfordshire England

Next of kin: Mother - Elizabeth Emma Reeves 10 Green Gate St., Essex, England

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Machinist

Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General

Religion: Church of England

Date of death: 1916-01-30

Cause of death: Missing, presumed killed

Buried: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10 - 26 - 28

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 53847

Highest Rank: Private (18th Battalion)

Rank detail

Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: “Previously reported missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died.”

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 1595490

LAC ID: 591283

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B8145-S007

Uploader's Notes:

War Diarly: http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e044/e001099266.jpg

January 31st, 1916: Battn as of yesterday. Pte. Atherton wounded on fatigue. Scouts Broadwell and Reeves reported missing - lost on patrol.

Circumstances of Death

"Previously reported missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died."
About 9 a.m. on January 30th, 1916, he and a comrade left their trench under cover of fog. They reached an unoccupied listening post and found some bombs which they brought back to their own lines. They then returned to the listening post intending to wait their and bomb the enemy when they attempted to reoccupy the post. Private Reeves nor his comrade ever returned and from that time nothing has been seen or heard from them.

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2018-09-28