Alexander Taylor Meikle
Rank: Sapper
Service No: 412750
Place of Birth: Edinburgh
Date of Death: 04/11/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers (409th Field Coy.)
Cemetery: Le Rejet-De-Beaulieu Communal Cemetery
Soldier’s effects information: Wife Janet Pate.
1901 census information:
Address: 93 Main Street, Bridgeton.
Father: James (44) house painter, born about 1857 in Linlithgow.
Mother: Christina (42) born about 1859 in Glasgow.
Sister: Annie (22) mantle maker, born about 1879 in Glasgow.
Self: Alexander (20) house painter, born about 1881 in Glasgow.
Sister: Jessie (18) biscuit packer, born about 1883 in Glasgow.
Sister: Christina (16) biscuit packer, born about 1885 in Glasgow.
Brother: James (13) message boy, born about 1888 in Glasgow.
Brother: John (11) born about 1890 in Glasgow.
Sister: Jane (9) born about 1892 in Glasgow.
Sister: Marion (5) born about 1896 in Glasgow.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Alexander T 30 and Janet 29.
Newspaper transcript – Meikle, – Killed in action, in France, 4th November, 1918, Sapper Alex. T. Meikle, 409th Field Coy., R.E., dearly beloved husband of Jenny Brodie, 35 Bankhead Road, Rutherglen, and eldest beloved son of Mr and Mrs J. Meikle, 26 Trainard Avenue, Tollcross.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw Parish Church, Rutherglen.