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Alexander Goodwin Nisbet |
Alexander Goodwin Nisbet
CWGC:
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Canadian Infantry, 46th Battalion
Date of Death: 10th April 1917
Age: 28
Buried: Villers Station cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois
Additional Information: Husband of L. R. Nisbet, 780 Byng Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
SNWM: Not Listed
Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, Officer’s Declaration:
Alexander Goodwin Nisbet, Lieutenant, 71st Overseas Battalion
Born 29th May 1889, Glasgow, Scotland
Present Address: Goderich, Ontario
Occupation/Profession: Insurance Agent & Accountant
N.O.K: Wife Laurie R. Nisbet
Presently serving with 33rd (Huron) Regiment (since 1911)
Canada, War Graves Register (Circumstances of Casualty):
Lieutenant Alexander Goodwin Nisbet, 46th Battalion.
Date of Casualty: 10th April 1917
Killed in action whilst consolidating new trenches after an attack South of Givenchy, he was hit in the neck and killed by an enemy bullet.
Buried Villers Station Military Cemetery, 1 mile North West of Villers-au-Bois, 3¾ miles South West of Aix-Noulette, France.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Lieutenant Alexander G. Nisbet, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 557 Alexandra Parade
1891 Census, Living at 46 Roselea Drive, Dennistoun
Father James Nisbet, age 31, English Teacher, born St. Ninians, Stirlingshire
Mother Catherine Nisbet, age 30, born Denny, Stirlingshire
Children: James Nisbet, age 4, born Glasgow
Alexander G. Nisbet, age 1, born Glasgow
1901 Census, Living at 60 Meadowpark Street,, Dennistoun
Father James Nisbet, age 41, Teacher, born St. Ninians, Stirlingshire
Mother Jane Nisbet, age 30, born Denny, Stirlingshire
Children: James Nisbet, age 14, Scholar, born Glasgow
Alexander G. Nisbet, age 11, Scholar, born Glasgow
Marriage:
4th March 1912, Goderich, Huron
Alexander Goodwin Nisbet, age 22, Insurance? Agent
Son of James Nisbet, School Master & Katherine Caldwell Goodwin
Laura Rita Carey, age 23, daughter of Oswald Frederick Carey, Insurance? Agent & Julia D. Lewis
Witnesses: Julia D. Lewis & Rita Laura Carey
Falkirk Herald, 21st April 1917, ‘Canadian Officer Killed’
News has ben reveived of the death of Lieutenant Alexander Goodwin Nisbet, Canadians, second son of Mr. James Nisbet, 557 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow and brother of Mr. William Nisbet, Stoneywood Park, Denny. Lieutenant Nisbet was 28 years of age. Ten years ago he received an appointment in the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Ontario, but was laterally in business as an insurance and real estate agent. He leaves a wife and one child.
Denny Cemetery:
In loving memory of Catherine Caldwell Goodwin
Wife of James Nisbet died 9th April 1894 aged 33 years
Also the above James Nisbet, F.E.I.S.
Who died 25th October 1943 aged 84 years
Lt. Alex. Goodwin Nisbet, Canadian Regt.
Who fell in action on Vimy Ridge, 11th April 1917 in his 28th year
Elison Ellen Downs who died 13th July 1958 aged 65 years
Beloved wife of William Allan Nisbet
Who died 23rd February 1966 aged 72 years
Beloved husband of Jane Russell Thom