1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
22/03/1918 (Killed in Action)
Age:
30
Summary
Alexander Russell was the son of Alexander and Mary Jane Russell. Alexander was born in County Antrim sometime around1888. Alexander’s father is believed to have died shortly after his birth. His mother remarried in 1900. The 1911 census lists Alexander as age 17, working as a farm servant for the McIntyre’s at house 29 in Tamlaghtduff, Bellaghy. Alexander Russell enlisted in Glasgow. Private Alexander Russell was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died of wounds in Savy, France on Friday 22nd March 1918.
Further Information
Alexander Russell was the son of Alexander and Mary Jane Russell. Alexander was born in County Antrim sometime between 1888 and 1893, most like the former.
Alexander’s father is believed to have died shortly after his birth.
His mother remarried in 1900. John Pickerham / Pickering married Mary Russell on 27th February 1900 in the district of Ballymena.
The 1901 census lists Alexander as age 8 living with his step family (Pickerham) at house 15 in Ballymacombs Beg, Bellaghy, County Londonderry. His step-father, John Pickerham, was a farm labourer.
The 1911 census lists Alexander as age 17, working as a farm servant for the McIntyre’s at house 29 in Tamlaghtduff, Bellaghy.
Alexander Russell enlisted in Glasgow.
Private Alexander Russell was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died of wounds in Savy, France on Friday 22nd March 1918.
On the 21st March 1918 Savy and Roupy were successfully defended by the 30th Division during the German Spring Offensive, but the line was withdrawn after nightfall.
Private Alexander Russell is buried in Savy British Cemetery. Savy is a village six kilometres west of St Quentin.
The CWGC grave records denote that his mother’s name was Mary J Pickering.
The CWGC record Private Alexander Russell as the son of Alexander and Mary Jane Russell, of Tamladuff, Bellaghy, County Derry.
