Ref ID: 6433
Name
William Reid.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Photograph of Private William Reid.
Life Story
Name: William Reid.
Service Number: 6007.
Rank: Private.
Battalion: 2nd Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Born: Belfast.
Died: 7th November 1914.
Address: 31 Emerson Street, Belfast
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Volunteer William Reid, son of William Reid, lived with his wife and child at 31 Emerson Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
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William had married Catherine Reid, Nee McCormick, on the 3rd of January 1908 within Saint Annes Church, Belfast. They went on to have daughter Annie Reid on the 7th of May 1913
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William was a member of the West Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force.
He was also a member of the Orange Order Sons Of Conquerors Loyal Orange Lodge 2005
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William joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 14th September 1914.
William was a Private in 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was Killed In Action in France on the 7th of November 1914
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A local newspaper states.
ULSTER RANK AND FILE LOSSES
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Mrs Catherine Reid 31 Emerson Street, Belfast, has been notified that her husband, Private William Rid, 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusi9liers, has been killed in action at Ypres
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Another states.
Private William Reid, 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, whose death in action has already been reported, was a member of the Sons of Conquerors L.O.L 2005, and of the West Belfast Regiment, Ulster Volunteers Force. He resided in Emerson Street, and was employed in the Queens Island
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William Soldiers Effects were left to his widow.
A Dependant Pension Application Form shows his widow as claimant also
.
See brother in law also: 7060 Company Sergeant Major Andrew McCormick 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
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William received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star.
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He is Remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1914
Classification
Newspaper, , Photograph - Belfast Telegraph, Belfast Weekly Telegraph
