CAPT. LESLIE LEONHARDT REEVES, 41ST BRIGADE, R.F.A. DIED AT DUREN, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 14TH, 1919. AGED 24. At the School 1908—12 (Manor House). Capt. L. L. Reeves, always known as " Jimmy," was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Reeves, of The Yews, Haywards Heath, Sussex. Entering the School in September, 1908, from Mr. L. C. W. Thring's, Brunswick, Haywards Heath, he was appointed a House Praepostor in September, 1911, and left from the Science Fifth in July, 1912. He had been a drummer in the band of the O.T.C. After leaving School he went to Lloyds, where he worked for the firm of Messrs. Pickford, Watson and Hampton till he was mobilised on the outbreak of war. Having joined the H.A.C. in 1913, he had become an enthusiastic member of A Battery, and served with his Battery on the East Coast till he received a nomination for the R.M.A., Woolwich, in March, 1915. From Woolwich he received his commission in the R.F.A., dated July 28th, 1915, and six weeks later went out to the 36th Brigade, R.F.A., in time to take part in the Battle of Loos, which commenced on September 25th. On October 1st he was transferred to the 41st Brigade, 2nd Division, and on January 9th, 1916, became Adjutant of the Brigade and Temporary Lieutenant. In this capacity he served at Beaumont Hamel and elsewhere through the Battle of the Somme, which commenced on July 1st, and took part in the victory on the Ancre in the middle of November. On November 22nd, 1916, he relinquished his Adjutancy and rejoined his Battery, of which he became second in command with the acting rank of Captain from December 8th, 1916, to February 24th, 1917. For his services up to this time he was specially "mentioned" in Sir D. Haig's despatch dated April 9th, 1917. At Easter, 1917, he took part in the fighting at Arras, and the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which commenced on April 9th, and was again second in command of his Battery from April 27th onwards. In Sir D. Haig's despatch dated April 7th, 1918, he was accorded a second mention, for services rendered between September 25th, 1917, and February 24th, 1918. On March 13th, 1918, he was badly gassed in the Cambrai sector, when the enemy put over a continuous bombardment of gas shells for three days and nights. After his discharge from hospital in England he went through the Battery Commanders' course at Shoeburyness, and then, though still far from fit, applied for permission to return to the Front, and, going out on November 9th, just before the Armistice, rejoined the 41st Brigade, 2nd Divisional Artillery, and again became Acting Captain as second in command of the 16th Battery. The Brigade was ordered to take part in the march into Germany to form part of the Army of Occupation, and eventually reached Duren, between Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne. As soon as they were settled there he gave his attention to the men's recreation, and was elected President of the Brigade Sports Committee. He died at Duren after a short illness, of pneumonia, on February 14th, 1919, and was buried in Duren Cemetery, about a mile out on the Cologne road, the Divisional Commander, the Brigadier, C.R.A., and representatives of all batteries and of the D.A.C. being present, in addition to all the officers and men of his own Battery. The Chaplain who buried him wrote :— " I knew Jimmy for over three years. When I came to this Divisional Artillery he was Adjutant of this Brigade, and I remember then being struck with the interest and consideration which he showed to those placed under him. . . . I've never met his equal in love for horses." His soldier servant wrote:— " He was the heart and soul of all our sports, and I can assure you he will be greatly missed and mourned by all ranks. . . . He always proved himself to be just and honourable in all his dealings with us." His Battery Commander:— " He was the most popular officer in the Division and loved by everybody. . . . Our Colonel had a very high opinion of him and sent in to the War Office early in January a very excellent report of him." The CO. of another Brigade in the Division:— " In 1916 he acted as my Adjutant in the 41st Brigade, which I commanded for a bit. and a very capable one he was. He will be a very great loss to the Division, where we all liked him immensely." Finally, the CO. of the 41st Brigade wrote:— " I want to let you know what a great loss he is to me personally and as an officer. He was always so keen and efficient and particularly good at looking after the comfort and welfare of his men. . . . He is undoubtedly a great loss to the Service."