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Sergeant ALEXANDER PETTIGREW REID

Service Number: 1560936
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 24 February 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (NEWINGTON OR ECHO BANK) CEMETERY

Sec. G.1. Grave 711.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret Pettigrew Reid, of Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL HONOUR. IN THE FULL SPLENDOUR OF HIS YOUTH DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (NEWINGTON OR ECHO BANK) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 159
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