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Military Information

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  • Rank: 5th Engineer
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  • Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine
  • Unit/Ship: SS City of Durham (Liverpool)
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  • Age at Death: 24
  • Date of Death: 25/12/1914
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  • Address: 1 Seafield Road, Dundee.
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More about Alexander Boswell

The death of Alexander Boswell was recorded in Deaths at Sea records. He was the son of Mr James Boswell of 1 Seafield Road, Dundee. The cause of his death was given as Pleurisy and his body was buried at sea. Prior to the war he had served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for five years.

Information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie

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