James Reid
| Rank | Captain |  |
| Medals | Main Medal Card cannot be traced but he was presumably entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal; he was also Mentioned in Despatches | |
| Regiment | Highland Light Infantry, 10th Battalion | |
| Military Service | 1914 Reid received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the 10th HLI on 29th August and was promoted Lieutenant on 19th November. 1915 The battalion went to France on 12th May and Reid was promoted Captain on 10th June. On the 25th September the 10th HLI took part in its first major action, the first day of the Battle of Loos, and was virtually annihilated. | |
| Born | 27th July 1889 | |
| Death | 25th September 1915 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Killed in action during the advance from the trenches at Cambrin | |
| Age | 26 | |
| Burial | Cambrin Churchyard Extension, L. 9 | |
| CWGC Information | Son of Sir Hugh Reid, Bart., of Belmont, Springburn, Glasgow. B.A. (Cantab). | |
| Parents | Sir Hugh Reid, Bart (1860-1935) and Marion M Bell (1868-1913) | |
| Father's Occupation | Engineer. Managing Director, North British Locomotive Company. | |
| Siblings | Madeline C M (1892-1983), Douglas N (1898-1971), George H N (1901-1961) | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Kelvinside Academy Glenalmond College Admitted as pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge 25th June 1909; BA (Cantab) 1913 | |
| Occupation | Studying for the English Bar | |
| 1891 Census | Belmont, Springburn, Glasgow | |
| 1901 Census | Railway Station Hotel, Ayr | |
| 1911 Census | The Nursing Hostel, Thompson’s Lane Cambridge | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Zeta Lair not known | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk), Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org Family Search – www.familysearch.org The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/ Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com TrinityCollege, Cambridge Roll of Honour – http://trinitycollegechapel.com/media/filestore/general-documents/RollOfHonourWWI.pdf | |
Gallery
James Reid - Monument- Zeta Glasgow Necropolis
James Reid - Trinity College
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
