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Private ROBERT REID

Service Number: 2890359
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

4. A. 18.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Margaret Anne Reid, of Ellon, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription SO YOUNG, SO FULL OF PROMISE BRIGHT; WE MOURN WHILE HE ENJOYS THE LIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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