Boreenatra Posted 27 February , 2010 Share Posted 27 February , 2010 Can anyone advise me as to the date of death of Private Harry Reeve 7100 2nd Bat Suffolk Regiment. CWGC has him here http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_detail...casualty=723761 as 26-08-1914 but when I checked SDGW it has him 14-07-1915. My SDGW is through familyrelatives.com and has been known to have transcription errors but I don't know which is correct. Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 27 February , 2010 Share Posted 27 February , 2010 Steve. SDGW has him as 14-7-1915 usually the errors on Ancestry etc are transcription mistakes in the born/enlisting/residing boxes, this man born Belchamp St Paul enlisted Sudbury. Ralph. Just like to add that as his name is on the Le F-J memorial I would opt for the 1914 date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen p nunn Posted 27 February , 2010 Share Posted 27 February , 2010 Can anyone advise me as to the date of death of Private Harry Reeve 7100 2nd Bat Suffolk Regiment. CWGC has him here http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_detail...casualty=723761 as 26-08-1914 but when I checked SDGW it has him 14-07-1915. My SDGW is through familyrelatives.com and has been known to have transcription errors but I don't know which is correct. Regards Steve Steve - medal card confirms 26/8/14. Regards. SPN Maldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreenatra Posted 27 February , 2010 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2010 Thanks for that info..........he is the right man as he appears on a small War Memorial at Belchamp Otten Church. I wil take the CWGC date as correct. Many thanks Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantowi Posted 27 February , 2010 Share Posted 27 February , 2010 Looks like you have a pickle GRO Army OR lists him as 1915 - volume 1.63 / page 282 Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreenatra Posted 27 February , 2010 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2010 Grant You are right Any bets on the right year ? Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 27 February , 2010 Share Posted 27 February , 2010 Any bets on the right year ? Commemoration on the La Ferte memorial supports 1914. But then if that's what CWGC had as a date, that's where they'd put him. You need the death certificate and , probably, the war diary for the 1915 date. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreenatra Posted 28 February , 2010 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2010 John Thank you for your help Does anyone have a copy of the war diary ? I understand the 2nd Suffolks were at Le Cateau on the 25th August and sustained losses of several hundred so it is probable that he was killed there. I will get a DC for him. Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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