Robert Campbell ALEXANDER
- Extended Description
- Robert Campbell ALEXANDER. Lance Corporal 77081, 7th (British Columbia Regiment) Canadian Infantry
Born 16 May 1885 214 Renwick Place, Belfast to James Kane Captain (Mercantile Marine) and Elizabeth Rebecca Alexander, nee Logan, later of 4, Roland Place, Holywood, Co. Down, Ireland,
Killed in action in France 3 June 1918 aged 31
Some notes from his army record.
Joined 10 November 1914 into the 30th Battalion, Canadian Infantry aged 28 years and 7 months at Private 77081, occupation, surveyor. Served previously in the Militia, 88th Volunteer Force.
Mother was next of kin, resided at 2 Sunnyside Terrace, Downshire Road, Holywood. Previous address, 39 Orient Gardens, Belfast.
4 May 1915 transferred to the 7th Battalion in France.
5 June 1915 Received a gunshot wounds to his left arm and chest wall on the front at Bethune. Treated by an RAMC orderly, with a field dressing. 29 June 1915 transferred to Voluntary Aid Hospital, Orpington. After treatment and sick leave he was posted back to his unit in France 3 August 1915. Field promotion to Lance Corporal 12 January 1916.
6 June 1916 reported missing, believed killed in action.
Commemorated on a family headstone in Old Priory Churchyard, Holywood, opposite the cemetery County Down, also on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
