REEVES J
Jesse Reeves
Private 15571
10th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Jesse Reeves died on Sunday 6th August 1916, aged 22, and was commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
He was born c 1894 at Hucknall Huthwaite, to parents Jesse & Clara Reeves. Jesse Reeves sr. was a Colliery Labourer, and a native of Hucknall Huthwaite, who married Clara Berry at St Mary's church, Sutton, in March 1891. On the 1901 census, they were living at Idlewells, Sutton-in-Ashfield, and Jesse Reeves jr. was recorded as "Young J. Reeves".
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 9th August 1918
Reeves - To the Cherished and Loving Memory of Private Jesse Reeves, the only beloved son of Jesse and Clara Reeves, who was killed in action, in France, on August 6th 1916, in his 23rd year. Sleep on our precious darling boy, In a grave we may never see; But as long as life and memory last, We will always love and remember thee. Our grief will grow calm and the scars will heal, As slowly we tread down the vale; And when our work's done and we meet you again, We'll be glad that our boy did not fail. He sleeps with the brave. From sorrowing Father, Mother, little son (Ernest), Sisters and Brothers-in-law, Auntie and Mam.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
REEVES Jesse, born Huthwaite, Notts., Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Private 15571, killed in action, France & Flanders, 6th August 1916.
Research by Heather Faulkes
