Reid, Robert
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment: 9th Battalion Gordon Highlander's
Biography: Son of Robert Reid, farmer, Old Meldrum ; born Old Meldrum, 24 July 1892 ; matriculated in Arts, 1911 ; graduated M.A. with Honours in Classics in 1914. Before the war he was a member of "U" Company, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders and was mobilized in August 1914. Three months later he was commissioned in the 9th (Pioneer) Battalion Gordon. Highlanders, with whom he proceeded to France in 1915. On 20 May 1916 he was killed in action. A man of homely and unaffected nature, he held a warm place in the hearts of his fellow-officers and men.
Date of Death: 20 May 1916
Burial Details: Buried at Vermelles British Cemetery, Plot 4, Row D, Grave 37.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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