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William Black Reid

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William's pension record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Kirkaldy
  • Service no: 267701
  • Rank: Private
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  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 1st/6th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 22
  • Date of Death: 07/05/1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: IV. G. 7.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 1 North Wellington Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Jane Gardiner Reid, c/o Duncan, 86 Normandy Dv, Stratford, Ontario, Canada

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More about William Black Reid

William Reid   267701   Black Watch

REID—Reported missing, on the 21st March, 1918, now confirmed to have died on 7th May 1918, at Valenciennes, No. 267701, Private William Reid, Black Watch, aged 22 years, only son of Mrs Reid 1 North Wellington Street. – Inserted by his mother and sisters, also aunts at 10 South George Street, Dundee.

Dundee Peoples Journal 14th December 1918

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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