John Naylor REEVE
| Birth: | ca Aug 1893 Brinsley, Notts. |
| Father: | Enoch REEVE (ca1861 - ?) |
| Mother: | Mary NAYLOR (ca1866 - |
Jack
Reeve (J.M. Reeve in the newspaper) joined the 7th Bn South
Staffs in March 1915 was awarded the Military Medal in 1919. He was
recommended on two occasions by the C.O. 1st Army. On the first occasion, for
the way in which rifle fire was commanded in the Lens salient when surrounded
and in between the two lines, and on a second occasion in the attack on
Mammon-de-Mette.
Corporal REEVE was one of three brothers who answered the first call for men, and fought through the campaign, and the recipient of the Military Medal, who saw service first in Gallipoli, then in Egypt, and latterly in France, got through unwounded.
Spouse: Annie Hodgkinson
Marriage: 27 June 1914, at Eastwood St. Mary, Notts.
Jack and Annie Reeve on their Golden Wedding anniversary. (Thanks to Wendy Black for this picture.)
GRO Birth Index: Basford Sep 1893 7b 157
1901 Census: RG13 / 3143 / 35 / 50 (Old Brinsley)