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Surname: RUSSELL
Forename(s): Peter Reid
Place of Birth: Auchinairn, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Service No: S/11938
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Battalion / Unit: 12th (Service) Battalion
Division: 26th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-09-19
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. F. 3.
CWGC Cemetery: DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KELBROOK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Peter Reid Russell was the son of William and Elizabeth Russell (née - ). William was born at Glasgow and Elizabeth in Cadder Parish, Lanarkshire.
1891 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 28, Laithe Street - Peter R. Russell, aged 3 years, born Glasgow, Scotland, son of William and Elizabeth Russell.
1901 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 130, Healey Wood Road - Peter Reid Russell, aged 13 years, born Scotland, son of William and Elizabeth Russell.
1911 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 130, Healey Wood Road - Peter Reid Russell, aged 23 years, born Auchinairn, Lanarkshire, son of Elizabeth Russell, widow.
Peter was married to Bessie Eastwood in 1914.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Peter R. Russell, S/11938, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
Peter is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
Photograph: ‘Burnley News’ (1 February 1919).
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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L/Corporal Peter Reid RUSSELL

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 26th Division
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