| 18/07/2017 |
Alexander : In loving memory of Robert Alexander who died 31st Dec 1911, aged 62 years - also his son, Samuel, who died 8th Jan 1887, aged 2 years - also his son, Robert, who died 31st Oct 1918, aged 21 years - also his son, Hugh, who died 6th April 1924, aged 33 years - also his wife, Martha, who died 20 Aug 1940, aged 88 years - also his daughter, Margaret Ellen, who died 2nd May 1945, aged 62 years - also his son, Samuel, who died 19th Nov 1967, aged 75 - also his wife, Ellen Jane, who died 28th November 1991, aged 87 years. |
| 29/08/2016 |
Robert has no listing in the CWGC. Nor is there a medal card pertaining to him. |
| 29/08/2016 |
Robert Alexander is buried at Moneydig Presbyterian Church in the family plot. |
| 29/08/2016 |
Robert Alexander died in hospital on 31st October 1918. He was 21 years old. |
| 29/08/2016 |
A few days after arriving, he was admitted to Blandford Military Hospital in Dorset suffering from influenza, which then developed into pneumonia. |
| 29/08/2016 |
The two men enlisted in Garvagh and were sent to Omagh. From there, they travelled on to Burton Camp in England. |
| 29/08/2016 |
Bob left Kilrea on 15th October 1918 with Hugh Pedan to enlist in the Royal Air Force. |
| 29/08/2016 |
Robert Alexander was the son of Robert and Martha Alexander. |
