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Rank : Private

Army Number : 40765

Unit : 1st Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Bagworth, Leicestershire. Enlisted at Coalville. Served with the 1st Bn during World War One. Killed in action France and Flanders campaign 4.12.1917. He is commemorated on Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.

Further information from a private source:

Joseph Reed was born in 1896 in Thornton, Leicestershire, one of at least seven children. His parents were William Reed, a coal miner, and Mary Alice Kennewell. In 1901 he lived on Main Road. Joseph worked underground as a pony driver, while his brother William John worked as a haulage engineman below ground.

He enlisted at Coalville and served as a private in the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, on the Western Front during the First World War. Alfred Heathcote also served in the Leicestershire Regiment. Joseph was killed in action in France on 4 December 1917, less than 12 months before the Armistice. He is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial at Louverval.

Date of Birth : 1896

Place of Birth : Thornton, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 4.12.1917

Place of Death : France

Civil Occupation : Collier

Period of Service : 19.11.1914 - 4.12.1917

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France