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25 August 1918 : 2nd Lieutenant Laurence Reeves 1st Bn The Hertfordshire Regiment

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He was the son of James Reeves and Josephine Reeves. They lived at The Red House, New Barnet, Hertfordshire.  Laurence attended Sherborne School, age of 14, from September 1913 to July 1917. He was commissioned in December 1917 and sent to France the following April where he was gassed. In July 1918 he was attached to the 1st Bn. The Essex Regi…


5 July 1918 : Brevet Lt Col William Bovet, Royal Engineers

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He was the second son and eldest child of five children of Frederick Bovet of London and Shanghai, China Merchant and Mary Love (née Haden).  Educated at Grosvenor School and University College School, Gower Street, London and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,  Gazetted 25 July 1893, 1895 Bombay Sappers, Commander, Royal Engineers, Mekran Ope…