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Alexander Irons

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Alexander's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: M/19160
  • Rank: Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: H.M.S. Victory
  • Unit/Ship: Royal Navy
  • Place of Death:
  • Age at Death: 27
  • Date of Death: 29.10.1918
  • Burial Country: Scotland
  • Cemetery: Dundee Eastern Necropolis
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: G.5.65A.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: 45 Dens Rd, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Elizabeth Irons, 45 Dens Rd, Dundee

  • Father:

    Charles Irons, 45 Dens Rd, Dundee

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More about Alexander Irons

Alexander Irons   M/19160   Royal Navy

IRONS___At 45 Dens Road, Dundee, on 29th October, Alexander Irons, Engine Room Artificer, Royal Navy, youngest son of Elizabeth and Charles Irons. Died when home on leave.

Dundee Courier 31st October 1918.

Alexander Irons was the son of Mr Charles and Mrs Elizabeth Irons of 45 Dens Road, Dundee and volunteered to join the Royal Navy as an Engine Room Artificer in February 1916. After initial training in Portsmouth he joined the battleship HMS London in the Adriatic. He remained in this region serving in the battleships Prince of Wales and Queen. HMS Queen had been converted into a Depot Ship for vessels of the Otranto Barrage, deployed to block up the Austro Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic. Alexander Irons was given leave in September 1918 and spent it in Dundee. Unfortunately, he became ill and died at home from influenza and is buried Dundee Eastern Necropolis. G 5 65A. The Peoples Journal of 9/11/18 carries a notice of his death.

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell, Ian Stewart & Ian Birnie

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