In Memory Of

REID, EDWARD WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 35
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 13041
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1918-03-21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Gauche Wood, near Peronne, France
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 97.
Cemetery:
 POZIERES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of John and Eliza Birnie Reid, of Deemount, Harding, Alfred County. Born Izingolweni, Natal. A farmer in Harding. Served as a Trooper (#222) with the Border Mounted Rifles & the Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment in the ABW 1899-1902; served with DLI in GSWA 1914-1915 (Served as William DIXON). Commemorated on on the Durban Light Infantry WWI Memorial. Commemorated on on the Durban cenotaph