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Record #16768
Name :
: Robert Vickery REEVES (1898 - 1918)
  aka : Private Reeves


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1898

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 8 Aug 1918   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, , London

Clerkenwel
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme, Marcelcave
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 1 Apr 1912
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corinthian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Robert Vickery Reeves. There are no available attestation papers for Robert.

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Robert Vickery Reeves
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 19 Mar 1898
Father's Name: Robert Vickery Reeves
Mother's Name: Kate Constance Reeves
Parish or Poor Law Union: Clerkenwell St John
Borough: Islington
Register Type: Parish Registers

1901 English Census records place Kate C and Robert V Reeves in Penge, Surrey, England with children Henry V (9, born in Barnsbury, London, England), Robert (3, born in Clerkenwell, London, England), and Kate C (1, Penge, Kent, England).

1911 English Census records place Kate C Reeves and Robert Reeves as Inmates of Central London District Schools For Unions of City of London St Saviours Surrey, Christchurch Surrey, St Mary Newington Surrey and St George the Martyr, Surrey, Greenford Avenue, Hanwell. They are both listed as Scholars.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: REEVES
Given Name: Robert
Age: 14
Sex: M
Ship: Corinthian
Year of Arrival: 1912
Departure Port: London
Departure Date: 1912-03-14
Arrival Port: Saint John
Arrival Date: 1912-04-01
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1c
Microfilm: T-4826
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was Killed in Action having been hit and dying instantly by an enemy shell at the attack of Marcelcave, Somme, Picardie, France. His Next of Kin was Mrs. K. C. Reeves of 11 Tailor Street, Gordon Square, London and then Miss. Kate Reeves of 29 Berkeley Square, London West, England. His body was exhumed and buried occurred at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, Picardie, France. Plot: XVI. A. 9.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56559528 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-18 20:53:01 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-16 14:35:22 /

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