Bertie Reid
Rank: Private
Service No: 48052
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 02/09/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers (1st Bn.)
Cemetery: Vis-En-Artois Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr and Mrs Reid, 29 Fairie Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father Adam Reid.
1901 census information:
Address: 18 Faire Street, Rutherglen.
Father: Adam (26) railway brakesman, born about 1875 in Ireland.
Mother: Mary (27) born about 1874 in Ayrshire.
Brother: Adam (3) born about 1898 in Rutherglen.
Self: Bertie (2) born about 1899 in Rutherglen.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Adam 36, Mary 37, Adam 13, Bertie 11, Alexander 9 and Thomas 7.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. Bertie Reid (19), Royal Scots Fusiliers (killed), son of Mr and Mrs Adam Reid, 29 Farie Street, Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. Bertie Reid, R.S.F. Mr and Mrs Adam Reid, 29 Farie Street, Rutherglen, have received official intimation of the death of their son, Pte. Bertie Reid, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 2nd September, 1918. Pte. Reid was 19 years of age and prior to enlistment was employed at Clydebridge Steel Works, and had also been employed with Mr. Blair, butcher, Main Street, Rutherglen. The following is an extract from a letter received from his officer: – “He was killed by an enemy bullet while bravely advancing to the attack and his death was instantaneous. He suffered no pain. He was a splendid boy and was well like by myself, his platoon officer and his fellow comrades, who feel his loss very keenly. His work was always to my satisfaction. He was a clean living, good-natured, and an unselfish lad, and was a great example to his comrades. – John Walker, 2nd Lieut.” In a letter to Mr and Mrs Reid, Sergt. Wm. McKeown, Rutherglen, who as reported in our columns, was recently awarded the D.C.M., state that he volunteered to go out and collect the dead after the attack and came across the body of their son Bertie and that he buried him decently just outside Bullecourt. Much sympathy is extended to Mr and Mrs Reid in the loss of so promising a son.