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.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw Parish Church, Rutherglen.