Captain Billy Reeves died at his home, 29 Holdenhurst Avenue, Bournemouth, in November 1967, aged 87.
He joined the 7th Hussars in 1899 and went with the Regiment to South Africa and was awarded the Queen’s South African Medal with 5 bars.
At the end of the South African war, he was for a time ‘acting schoolmaster’ of the Regiment. He was promoted to S.Q.M.S. and went to India with the Regiment in 1911. He was then posted to the Permanent Staff of The North Somerset Yeomanry.
On the outbreak of the 1914-18 war, he went to France with the N.S.Y. and in 1915 was awarded the D.C.M. and later in the same year was awarded the Russian Order of St. George, lst Class.
He was promoted to RSM of the N.S.Y. and was commissioned into the R.F.A. in 1916.
He was awarded the M.C., in September 1917, and was wounded in December of that year.
After discharge from hospital, he was appointed Commandant of a group of German P.O.W. Camps in Norfolk and on the return of the P.O.W.s to Germany he returned to Regimental duty with the R.F.A.
He retired in 1921 with the rank of Captain.
