Notes
The Roll lists his address as Fengate. It records him as a Lance Corporal, which differs from official records.
(CWGC records that Private David Reid, regimental number 21431, died aged 33 on 22/3/1918 serving in 19th Battalion of The King's Liverpool Regiment, and is commemorated on Pozieres Memorial in France. They record him as the husband of Dora Ethel Reid of Lime Works, Fengate, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Birkenhead, Cheshire who was living in Liverpool when he enlisted at Liverpool. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Dora E Reid was his legatee. David's Army service file records that his original regimental number was 18032, that he was a dairyman when he enlisted as a Private on 24/9/1914, aged 28, and had been born in Birkenhead. His next of kin was initially his sister Anna Reid (later Morgan) of Newport, but changed following his marriage to Dora Ethel Walker on 12/6/1915. Their marriage was registered in the Peterborough District. His wife's address was recorded in the Army file as Lime Works, Fengate, Peterborough. The Army file records that David was posted to France on 7/11/1915. He was appointed as unpaid Lance Corporal on 4/3/1917, and as paid Lance Corporal on 9/8/1917, but on 19/3/1918 he reverted to Private. He sustained a gunshot wound to the face on 23/6/1917, but rejoined his unit on 2/7/1917, following treatment. He was reported as wounded and missing in action on 22/3/1918, which was presumed to be his date of death).