Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Frederick William Brend a draper and clothier, born 1857 in St. George’s, Hanover Square, Middx., and his wife Agnes Maxwell Brend, born 1855 in Kircudbright, Kirkpatrick, Co. Durham. Alexander Douglas Carruther Brend, was born in 1892 in St. Paul’s, Thomas Heath, Surrey, his siblings were Margaret M. D., born 1890 in St. Paul’s, Thomas Heath, Surrey and Grace, born 1897 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leics., in March 1901 the family home was at The Hollies, Tamworth Road, Ashby de la Zouch, Leics. In April 1911 Alexander was employed as a draper’s apprentice and was residing in the family home at Avenue Road, Ashby de la Zouch, Leics., together with his father, now a travelling draper, and his mother.