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Pte. Alexander Reid

British Army 16th Btn. Highland Light Infantry

from:England

(d.31st Jan 1917)

Alexander Reid served with the Highland Light Infantry 16th Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 31st January 1917 and is buried in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery in Bertrancourt, France.

This 30 year old volunteer’s relatives were puzzled by the untimely end to the soldier’s life, The headstone bears an inscription “Thy purpose Lord we cannot see but all is well that’s done by thee.”



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