Alexander Hanna Patterson was the second oldest son of William James and Margaret Patterson. He was born on 14th May 1881. He was one of ten children. The family lived in Moyheeland, Draperstown. His father was a farmer. Alexander emigrated to Canada. Prior to enlisting, Alexander worked as a teamster. He had spent two and a half years in the Canadian Militia. Acting Sergeant Alexander Hanna Patterson was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Infantry when he was killed in action in trenches east of Festubert in France on 23rd May 1915.
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Alexander Patterson was the second oldest son of William James and Margaret Patterson. William Patterson married Margaret Hanna on 24th November 1874 in the district of Magherafelt.
Alexander Hanna Patterson was born on 14th May 1881. He was one of ten children.
Family: William James Patterson, Margaret Patterson, John Patterson (born 24th June 1875), Annie Patterson (born 1st August 1876), Maggie M Patterson (born 23rd April 1879), Alexander Hanna Patterson (born 14th May 1881), Margaret Patterson (born 15th May 1883), William James Patterson (born 11th March 1885), Sarah Jane Patterson (born 21st March 1887), Thomas A Patterson (born 9th November 1889), Mary Edith Patterson (born 14th April 1893), Rebecca R Patterson (born 4th June 1895)
The 1901 census lists Alexander as age 20 living with the family at house 10 in Moyheeland, Draperstown, County Londonderry. His father was a farmer. Alexander is listed as a scholar.
The 1911 census does not Alexander as living with the family at house 6 in Moyheeland, Draperstown.
Alexander Hanna Patterson emigrated to Canada.
Prior to enlisting, Alexander worked as a teamster. He had spent two and a half years in the Canadian Militia.
Alexander Patterson enlisted in Valcartier on the 22nd September 1914, at the outbreak of war. He listed his next of kin as his father.
Acting Sergeant Alexander Hanna Patterson was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Infantry when he was killed in action on 23rd May 1915.
The Canadian Circumstances of Death Register records that Acting Sergeant Patterson was killed in action. His unit were in trenches east of Festubert.
Sergeant Alexander Patterson has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Alexander Patterson is also commemorated on the memorial in Termoneeny Church, Knockloughrim and on the Roll of Honour in Curran Masonic Hall.
The CWGC record Sergeant Alexander Patterson as the son of William and Margaret Patterson of Moyheeland, Draperstown, County Derry, Ireland.
