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Second Lieutenant LAURENCE REEVES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hertfordshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

VI. C. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James B. and the late Josephine Reeves, of The Red House, New Barnet, Herts. Educated at Sherborne School.
  • Personal Inscription THESE LAID THE WORLD AWAY POURED OUT THE RED SWEET WINE OF YOUTH
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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