- First Name(s):WilliamLeonard
- Surname:REEVES
- Service Number:5260277
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW2
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
- Battalion:5th Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:10th September 1943
- Age At Death:21
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Cassino Memorial, Italy, Panel 9.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of Thomas Leonard and Ada Mabel Reeves, of Pinvin Worcestershire
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REEVES William Leonard Is Named On These Memorials
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Pershore County Senior School Roll of Honour No 1 Now in Pershore High School with the additional information: of Pinvin Died 10th September 1943, buried Cassino Memorial, Italy
Pershore County Senior School Roll of Honour No 2 Now in Pershore High School with the additional information: of Pinvin Private 5260277, 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Notts & Derby Regiment Died 10th September 1943, aged 21 Buried Cassino Memorial, Italy
Further Information About REEVES William Leonard
Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.
A letter from William Reeves mother (unsigned), Allan’s Hill, Pinvin, Pershore dated 1st May 1952 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that his name be added to the county roll of honour. The letter gives the information: Private William Leonard Reeves, Sherwood Foresters, service no 5260277, half brother of F.G. Preece.
William Reeves has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Cassino Memorial.
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