World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
Generally showing where they are commemorated, when they died and some basic facts about each person. There are gaps, however, so if you can fill in any missing details do please contact us.
Arthur Reed
Forename(s):
Arthur
Surname:
Reed
Initial(s):
A
Service Number:
Officer
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Canadian Regiment, 115th Battalion
Died:
30/10/1917
Aged:
33
Buried:
Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper
Service History:
Listed as 'Missing, presumed killed in action'.
Background:
Born on 25 June 1884, at 29, Belsay Place, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, the son of the late George Reed, by his wife, Elizabeth J. (née Rowley), of Sea View House, Heatherleazes, Warkworth, Northumberland.
An Accountant by profession. Reed worked, first, in England for North East Railway, then at St. John, Canada.
Reed had two brothers & a sister. His father was a Tailor & Cutter by profession.
(Source: 'Portraits of War...'; Edited & compiled by June Watson; Wildgoose Press; 2016; p. 74)
Local Memorial:
Warkworth War Memorial, by St Lawrence's Church
