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Husband of the late Jane Henderson Don Lambie. On Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial. Born in Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland on 29th March 1874. He originally was training to be a hairdresser like his father and grandfather when his brother decided he should have a trade to become a riveter. Alex decided it wasn't for him and joined the King's Own Scottish Borderers at 17 and sailed out to India to fight in the Khyber Pass. He was there for about 9 years and received the India Medal with clasps for the Punjab Frontier and Tirah Expedition 1897-98. He then had the choice to demob back to Scotland or go on to fight in South Africa. He fought in the Boer War and received the Queen's South Africa medal with clasps for Transvaal and South Africa 1902. He made South Africa his home living in Standerton near Pretoria where he married a fellow Scot, Jane Henderson Don. They had a daughter Jane Don Lambie in 1907. After the Boer War he worked as a hairdresser but still kept his military connections with the Transvaal Scottish reservists. His wife Jane died in childbirth at the end of 1914 with a stillborn son at the age of 46. At the outbreak of WWI he became part of the 7th Kimberley Regiment and sent to Trekkopje where he was killed in action on 26th April 1915. He received the 1914-1915 Star, the British War medal and the Victory Medal |
