Beattie, Alexander

Private

No. 19763, 9^th Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers)

Died of wounds on Sunday 9 July 1916

Buried:

Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1, France (Grave IV. D. 7)

Commemorated:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Bessbrook Presbyterian Church

BIOGRAPHY

In the Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 – 1919 database it is recorded that Alexander Beattie lived in Bessbrook and enlisted in Newtownards.

Private Alexander Beattie (No. 19763) served with the 9^th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers in 108^th Brigade of the 36^th (Ulster) Division and died of wounds on 9 July 1916. He was buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1 in France.

Alexander Beattie’s brother, James Beattie,enlisted in Belfast, served with the 13^th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (No. 16222) in 108^th Brigade of the 36^th (Ulster) Division and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Private Alexander Beattie (No. 19763) is commemorated in Bessbrook Presbyterian Church, as is Private James (Jimmy) Brown (No. 18560), who also enlisted in Newtownards.

Private James (Jimmy) Brown (No. 18560) served with the 9^th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers in 108^th Brigade of the 36^th (Ulster) Division and he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.