Soldier Record
Albert Gray Reeves
Contributed by: Albert Harry Reeves, on 2008-11-12
| Rank | |
|---|---|
| First Name | Albert Gray |
| Surname | Reeves |
| Year of Birth | 1899 |
| Year of Death | 1989 |
| Regiment | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Place of Wartime Residence | West Bromwich Staffs, Staffordshire |
Albert Gray's Story
He was classed as unfit to fight as he had a serious operation wound to his back. But signed on at the age of seventeen as a M/O To serve in the trenches helping to treat the wounded and the dying. He was released from duty at the end of the war. He served as a medical orderly at Eypres and Mons.
In the 1939-46 war he was drafted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and served as a nursing officer.Mainly treating victims of the blitz.
He led a good life afterwards and brought up his family. he died at the age of 90 years at Margate in Kent.
No additional memories have been submitted