Alexander Robert Tweedie (1872 - 1936)

Born 1872 in Bromley, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Cadle (Mahin) Tweedie — married 1908 in St. James, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Died 18 Mar 1936 at about age 64 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Biography

Alexander Robert Tweedie was born in Bromley, Kent in 1872. He was educated at Elm House, Kingston-on-Thames, and Repton School and studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and Vienna, qualifying as M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1900, and elected F.R.C.S. in 1901.

In 1893 he began his military career with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, and served as a surgeon during the Boer War. In World War I, he commanded hospitals and medical organizations in North Africa and the Middle East. He served at the beginning of the Gallipoli campaign, the expedition to Tripoli against the Senussi, and was senior medical officer with one of the divisions during the final assault on Gaza. He was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, was mentioned in dispatches, and received the Territorial decoration.

Tweedie then practiced as an ear, nose and throat surgeon in Nottingham, where he was president of his section of the Royal Society of Medicine and treasurer of the international collegium associated with the treatment of diseases of the ear, nose and throat.

Tweedie died suddenly at a meeting of the Nottingham Barnch of the British Medico-Chirurgical Society on 18 March 1936.

Sources

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XHB-3JR : 1 October 2014), Alexander Robert Tweedie, 1872; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Bromley, Kent, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
• The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985, Marriages: 1/9/1908.
• "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJVD-CJR : 10 December 2014), Alexander Robert Tweedie and Anna Cadle Mahin, 1908; citing Saint James, Nottingham, Nottingham, England, reference 2:JLN2K2; FHL microfilm 95,046.
• The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985, Obituaries : 20/3/1936.