Source: Bruce Remembers
Family Search: When Private Alexander Edward Blue was born on 23 November 1886, in Paisley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, Alexander Hamilton Blue, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Reid, was 24. He married Alice Lilian Pratt in 1917, in Ashford, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 28, his occupation is listed as tinsmith. He died on 2 June 1958, in Walkerton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 71, and was buried in Starkvale Cemetery, Paisley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
Series of blog articles available regarding this soldier due to the wealth of material available at Bruce Remembers.
- He Was a Young Lad Frightened and About To Go “Over the Top”: A Simple Biography of Private A.E. Blue
- We Shall Not Forget to Pray for Him: News reaches home in Paisley, Ontario regarding the condition of Private Blue
- It is nothing but hell on earth out there, and I know it.: A Letter From Private Blue
- The Wounds of Private Blue
- The Postcards of Private Blue to Miss Ella Mitchell, A Teacher in Paisley
- A Swim Binds Two Soldiers in Time
“Alexander Edward Blue married in England to Alice L Pratt in 1917. They had a son born Alexander Edward Blue in 1917. He arrived back in Canada with his wife and son on the Adriatic in September 1919. The couple was living in Elderslie, Ontario in the 1921 Canadian Census.
Source: Annette Fulford via the 18th Battalion Facebook Group”
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 