Location of Grave:
Portsmouth Continental Ferry Port, in the passenger terminal near the arrivals gate
O/S: SU 642 018.
 
THOMAS REEVES V.C.
CAPTAIN OF THE FORETOP.
ROYAL NAVY (NAVAL BRIGADE).
AWARD WON: CRIMEA, 5 NOVEMBER 1854.
GAZETTED: 24 FEBRUARY 1857.
BORN: PORTSMOUTH 1828.
DIED: PORTSEA, 1862.
GRAVE: Originally in the Portsea Island General Cemetery on which the International Ferry Port was built.
MEDAL; NOT PUBLICLY HELD.
 
Details of the Award
On 5 November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimea, when the Right Lancaster Battery was attacked and many of the soldiers were wounded, Seaman Reeves, with two other seamen (GORMAN, J. and SCHOLEFIELD,M.) and two others who were killed during the action, mounted the defence work banquette and, under withering attack from the enemy, kept up a rapid, repulsing fire. Their muskets were re-loaded for them by the wounded soldiers under the parapet and eventually the enemy fell back and gave no more trouble. Later achieved rank of Captain of the Foretop.
 
Further Information
See the following site for details of the unveiling of the plaque:-
www2.prestel.co.uk/stewart/bbreeves.htm