Alexander Sneddon
Rank: Private
Service No: 14830
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 1/7/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (16th Bn)
Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mrs Sneddon, 265 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Siblings – William, Maggie, Isabella, Thomas, Agnes, Duncan and Robert.
1901 census information:
Address: 64 Glasgow Road, Rutherglen.
Father: Richard (52) coal miner, born about 1849 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Isabella (49) born about 1852 in Rutherglen.
Brother: William (25) pit worker, born about 1876 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Maggie (24) cotton weaver, born about 1877 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Isabella (21) cotton weaver, born about 1880 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Agnes (19) dressmaker, born about 1882 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Robert (17) pit pony driver, born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Thomas (15) baker’s message boy, born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Self: Alexander (11) born about 1890 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Duncan (7) born about 1894 in Rutherglen.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Isabella 59, Maggie 34, Robert 27, Alex 21 and Duncan 17.
Newspaper transcript – A letter addressed to Mrs Sneddon, 245 Main Street, Rutherglen, announces the death of her son, Private Alexander Sneddon, H.L.I., who was killed at the front on the day his mother died in Rutherglen. He was formerly employed in Messrs ?, Bridgeton, as a clerk.
Also commemorated on the memorial at West Parish Church, Rutherglen.