Charles James Reeves
Service Number
19093
Military Unit
11th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Date of Death
06 Oct 1916 (Age unknown)
Place of Birth
Pershore Worcestershire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Unknown
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Family History
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Military History
11th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment).
Charles James was killed in action on 6 October 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France (Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A).
Extra Information
Mansfield Reporter, 10 November 1916: ‘Suttoners Killed. Widow and Six Children Left. Private Charles James Reeves, 7, Bowne-street, Sutton, aged 22, a single man, who enlisted in the Sherwoods in September, 1914, is amongst the slain. Lance-Corporal JC Hooley, 23, Parliament-street, Sutton, 38 years of age, who enlisted in September 1914, was killed in action on October 20th. He leaves a widow and six children.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)