Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Flanders | Panel 34 | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.133 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 2/East Surrey Regiment |
2nd Battalion August 1914 : in Chaubattia, India. Returned to England, landing Devonport 23 December 1914. December 1914 : moved to Winchester and attached to 85th Brigade in 28th Division. Landed at Le Havre 19 January 1915. October 1915 : moved to Egypt and went on to Salonika, arriving 1 December 1915. |
| Action : Winter Operations 1914-1915 |
23 November 1914 - 6 February 1915. As the armies of 1914 fought themselves to exhaustion they settled down by the end of the year to the realities of static trench warfare. During the winter, activity was mostly comprised of a series of small scale raids and attempts by the BEF to gain superiority over the battlefront. At the same time increasing numbers of Territorial battalions and replacements for the Regular battalions came into theatre and had to be trained and acclimatised to trench occupation. This period was further noted for the severity of the weather and the need to rapidly source and equip the troops with adequate winter and waterproof equipment, whilst improving the trench conditions. Miserable times.
Detail :
The Battalion War Diary lists Capt Reeves commanding B Coy on 8th Feb. The Battalion is involved in an attack on 14th in which A and C Coys suffer heavy casualties but no mention of Reeve. On 15th Feb the Battalion is moved up to repeat the attack and suffers artillery casualties. Again Reeve is not mentioned.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Ormond-Iles Lodge No. 3433 E.C. | Burma |
| Joined : | Fidelity No. 2061 E.C. | Bengal |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
27th August 1912 | 24th September 1912 | 29th October 1912 |
Listed as a 26 year old Lieutenant based at Schwebo when initiated into Ormond-Iles Lodge No. 3433, Burma. He resigned from this lodge 26th July, 1913, most likely when posted away. He then joined Fidelity Lodge at Ranikhet on 6th June, 1914 listed as Captain. He is recorded as having resigned from this lodge also on 30 Sep 1914, more than likely when as the unit was called to mobilise. He does not appear to be a subscribing freemason at the time of his death, which is more than likely why he appears on the 1921 roll, but not on the 1940 scroll.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley