His story
William Reid is recorded as a millwright in the research, which places him in India in 1911.
He served as an Army Veterinary Corps private; his unit is recorded as “Base Veterinary Depot”.
He died on 1 January 1917. He is commemorated on the Mikra Memorial.
Age 30 comes from the project research; the retrieved commemorative transcript gives no age.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Millwright
- Residence recorded
- India
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- SE/17876
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- Base Veterinary Depot
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 1 January 1917
- Age
- 30 in project research; not stated in retrieved commemorative transcript
- Cemetery or memorial
- Mikra Memorial
Connected men
- Frederick Charles COPPINAlso commemorated at Mikra Memorial
- William DAVIESAlso commemorated at Mikra Memorial
- Bertie HUNTINGFORDAlso commemorated at Mikra Memorial
- Walter READAlso commemorated at Mikra Memorial
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- A Street Near You — transcription of commemorative particulars
- Research record number: 151
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “William Reid”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/reid-william-se-17876/.
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