BORN LEICSTER 30/1/1867. SON OF CAPTAIN GEORGE REID & THE LATE JANE HANNAH MORGAN LEMPRIERE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF A WELL KNOWN HULL FAMILY. HIS FATHER WAS AGENT FOR THE BANK OF ENGLAND AGENT IN HULL FOR MANY YEARS. HIS SISTER MRS MACILWAINE LIVED IN HULL AND HIS COUSIN, MR CC LEMPRIERE, WAS CAPTAIN OF THE HULL FOOTBALL CLUB. LT/COL, LEMPRIERE PLAYED FOR THE HULL CLUB ON THE HOLDERNESS ROAD GROUND. HE ENLISTED IN THE CAVALRY IN 1888 AND SERVED IN THE BOER WAR AND REJOINED HIS REGIMENT IN INDIA AT THE START OF THE WAR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, COMMANDING THE 7TH DRAGOON GUARDS, ON THE 23RD DECEMBER 1914. HE WAS 46 YEARS OLD AND UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS A FINE LEADER, AND A SOLDIER OF GREAT KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY. HE LEFT A FORTUNE OF £25,405 TO HIS FATHER. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH MEMORIAL, LOWGATE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 28TH & 30TH DECEMBER 1914. *
