BORN HOLYWOOD DOWN, BELFAST, IRELAND, 1898. ONLY SON OF ROBERT & ELIZABETH C DUGUID, OF 36 TRINITY ROAD, BRIDLINGTON (1911 CENSUS), “CRAIGJARARD”, MAYFIELD ROAD, BRIDLINGTON AND THEN PRIORY CLOSE, BRIDLINGTON (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A NAVAL ARCHITECT, HE WAS THE ELDEST OF THREE CHILDREN. BROTHER TO AGNES AND GERTRUDE DUGUID. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL’S HYMER COLLEGE. HE ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 3911, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. COMMISSIONED TO SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE SAME REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED AT OPPY WOOD ON 03/05/1917, AGED 19. HIS NAMES IS LISTED ON HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED AT ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
First name:
ALEXANDER RITCHIE
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
PRIORY CLOSE, BRIDLINGTON, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
