936 Private
2nd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 19th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 21.10.14
Buried: Ploegsteert Memorial Panel 9 and 10
Family history: Son of John and Isabella Hendrie, 8 North Basin Street, Grangemouth. He had an older brother John. Alexander worked in a sawmill in the town before he enlisted as a regular in 1911.
The action leading to his death
The 19th Infantry Brigade was engaged in heavy fighting with advancing German troops around Le Maisnil which lay to the south of the Salient around Fromelles. During the fighting the Battalion had 5 Officers and 200 Other Ranks killed, wounded and missing. Alexanders body was subsequently lost and he is listed as one of the missing.
His brother John, serving with the 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders number S/3958, was also killed in action, age 30, on 22 April 1917. He is buried at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, grave I.C.41
Medals Awarded
1914 Star and Clasp Victory Medal, British Medal
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