Photo: Brian Chandler
In Newcastle (St. John Westgate & Elswick) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In
loving memory
of
Jane
beloved wife of
James Alexander
died Oct 11th 1884, aged 37 years
and of Jane Guthrie, mother of the above
died Nov 16th 1884, aged 65 years
and of Reginald John, son of the above
Jane Alexander
who fell in action at St Quentin, France,
March 28th 1918, aged 39 years
and of the above
James Alexander
who died January 3rd 1926, aged 84 years
Margaret Bedlington
beloved wife of the above
James Alexander
who died Feb 24th 1939, aged 74 years.
Reginald John was born in the first quarter of 1880 to James and the late Jane Alexander (nee Guthrie). He was still living at home, according to the 1911 Census, at 2 Oxnam Crescent, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne and was working as an Iron Merchant.
He served with the 1st/6th Battalion and was formerly (5086, Private) with the same regiment.
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson
Reginald John Alexander is remembered at Elswick on E35.10 and at Spital Tongues on S108.01
