See also

John Charles Reeve (1888-1915)

Individual Events and Attributes

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war memorial John Charles Reeve

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • soldier3

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1888

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 4 5 3

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Sep 1889 (age 0)

  • St. Mary at Stoke Church, Stoke Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son of John Reeve (coal carter) and Elizabeth Jane of 64 Station Street Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 2)

  • 1 Court, Lower Orwell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living in one room with his parents John and Elizabeth and sister Lilly. Born in Ipswich Suffolk (note living next to his maternal grandparents George and Elizabeth Norman and their family)

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 12)

  • 56 Lower Orwell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents John and Elizabeth, and sister Lilly. Born in Ipswich Suffolk (note living next to his maternal grandmother Elizabeth)

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 22)

  • 23 Tanners Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son in the army. Born in Ipswich Suffolk (note this was incorrectly entered and crossed out as he wasn't living there)

  • Death:

  • 19 Mar 1915 (age 26)

  • Pas-de-Calais, France7

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Rue de Dringhen, Boulougne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France7

  •  

  • Corporal no:10362 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry aged 26. Son of Mrs. J. Reeve, of 62 Old Foundry Road Ipswich

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1888 quarter:4 volume:4a page:783. Cit. Date: 18 May 2016.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St. Mary Stoke baptisms entry:2123. Cit. Date: 28 October 2019.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10812 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:254.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1470 folio:37 page:27. Cit. Date: 18 May 2016.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1777 folio:18 page:6. Cit. Date: 18 May 2016.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10812 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:254. Cit. Date: 18 May 2016.

7.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). no:10362 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry ref:III,D.40. Cit. Date: 8 May 2020.