Career
Reeves was approximately 26 years old, and a seaman in the Royal Navy serving with the Naval Brigade during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital:
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. His Venture capital is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London.