Alexander Bruce was a native of Fraserburgh, Scotland, and resided with his wife at 25 North Street. He served during the Great War with the 6th (Service) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on the Western Front.
He was awarded the Military Medal (M.M.) which was published in the London Gazette 27 June 1918.
Private Bruce died of wounds received on the Western Front, 2 October 1918. A letter to his widow from an officer of the 6th Battalion gives the following:
‘There are quite a few here who knew your husband well, who were with him when he was wounded, also the man who buried him.... Your husband was hit with a machine gun bullet in the chest, at Manhattan Farm, near the small town of Ledgingham in Belgium. This town is near the large town of Courtrai and is due east of Ypres.'
'When your husband was wounded, he was taken to the Casualty Clearing Station and then to No. 28 Field Ambulance which was situated at a White Chateau at Potijze near Ypres. Here, he succumbed to his wound on the following day.'
'Your husband was buried in the cemetery at this place. A cross was put on the grave bearing his name and decoration... He was acting as stretcher-bearer and in this capacity he did splendid work in rescuing and relieving those of his comrades who were wounded...’
Private Bruce is buried in the Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
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