In Memory Of

BOSWALL, JAMES DONALDSON

Service Details
Age:
 44
Date of Birth:
 1870-10-11
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 10th Bn.
Unit 2:
 attd. 1st Bn. Essex Regiment
Regiment:
 Seaforth Highlanders
Date of Death:
 1915-06-06
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 177.
Cemetery:
 HELLES MEMORIAL
Country:
 Turkey
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