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Corporal Alexander Reid is also commemorated on the Great Northern Railway WWI Memorial which resides in Belfast Central Railway Station. |
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Corporal Alexander Reid has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, nine kilometres north east of Ypres town centre in Belgium |
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Lance Corporal Alexander Reid arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 5th October 1915. |
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The 1911 census lists Alex as age 32, a boarder at house 1 in Foyle Road, Londonderry. He was a railway clerk. |
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The 1901 census lists Alexander as age 22, living at house 9 in Finelly, Benburb, Tyrone. He was a farm servant. |
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Known family: George Reid, Elizabeth Reid, Alexander Reid (born 14th February 1878), Eliza Reid (born 27th May 1879), Annie Reid? |
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Alexander Reid was born on 14th February 1878 in Dungannon. |
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Alexander Reid was the only son of George and Elizabeth Reid. George Reid and Eliza Stuart were married on 15th April 1877 in the district of Dungannon. |
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Corporal Alexander Reid is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial. |
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The CWGC records Corporal Alexander Reid as the son of George and Elizabeth Reid of Annaginney, Dungannon, County Tyrone. |
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From the Tyrone Courier and Dungannon News dated Thursday 24 October 1918: |
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Never will his memory fade |
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Corporal Alex Reid, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 29th September 1918 by a German sniper while attending to his officer's wounds, was the only son of the late Mr George Reid of Annaginney, Carland, and brother of Miss Reid, and Mrs Caldwell, of Tullylake, Donaghmore, and a nephew of Mr Gerard Steward, of Creevagh, Carland. The deceased had been for over 20 years a clerk in the service of the Great Northern Railway Company, having been employed at Derry and other places. His officer writes to his relatives stating that the deceased had been a good soldier and was beloved by all his comrades. The chaplain of his regiment also writes paying tribute to the attention which the deceased paid to his religious duties. |
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Alex Reid worked for twenty years as a clerk in the service of the Great Northern Railway Company, having been employed at Derry and other places. |
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Alexander Reid was the brother of Miss Reid, and Mrs Caldwell, of Tullylake, Donaghmore. |
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From the Tyrone Courier and Dungannon News dated Thursday 25 September 1919: |
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Corporal Alexander Reid was with the 2nd Battalion of Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on 29th September 1918 by a German sniper while attending to his officer's wounds. |
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REID – In loving memory of my dear brother, 19072 Corporal Alexander Reid, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, killed in action at Ypres on 29th September 1918. |
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Far and oft my thoughts do wander |
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To a grave far, far away, |
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Where they laid my dearest brother, |
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Alexander enlisted in Londonderry. |
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He will never be forgotten, |
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My sweetest thoughts will ever linger. |
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Out in France, where he is laid. |
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Ever remembered by his loving sister Annie Caldwell, Tullynure, Donaghmore. |
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Just one year ago today. |
