Service Details
Name:
 BOSWALL
Given Name:
 JAMES DONALDSON
Initials:
 J D
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Seaforth Highlanders
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Unit:
 10th Bn.
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Unit 2:
 attd. 1st Bn. Essex Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1915-06-06
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Date of Birth:
 1870-10-11
Age:
 44
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Maj. Gen. Roper Boswall and his wife Eleanor Macdonald, daughter of the late Alexander Brodie, of Edinburgh; husband of Theresa, daughter of the late Hormuzd Rassam. Born Madras, India. He was a Writer to the Signet. Served in the South African War in the C.I.V'S. Obtained permanent post of mounted orderly to Lord Kitchener. Inspector of Police in Pretoria at the conclusion of the South African War. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 Turkey
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Cemetery:
 HELLES MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 177.

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