William Brown Reid
Rank: Private
Service No: 40400
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 29/10/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1st Bn.)
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr and Mrs Jas Reid, 27 Rodger Drive, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father James and brother David.
1891 census information:
Address: 125 Greenhead Street, Glasgow.
Father: James (29) warehouse man, born about 1862 in Glasgow.
Mother: Mary (31) born about 1860 in Glasgow.
Brother: David (2) born about 1889 in Glasgow.
Self: William (3 months) born about 1891 in Glasgow.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises James 50, Mary 53, David 23 and William Brown 23.
Newspaper transcript – Reid – Previously reported missing, now officially reported killed in action on 29th October, 1916, William Brown Reid, Scottish Rifles, aged 25, younger son of Mr and Mrs James Reid, 27 Rodger Drive, Rutherglen; deeply regretted.