Rank: Captain
Regiment: Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion.
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Died: 28th July 1916
Age: 24 years old.
William was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Albert Boswell, of Hornton Cottage, Kensington, London, he was educated at Eton College, before going up to New College, Oxford.
While studying at Oxford, Boswell played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Free Foresters at Oxford in 1912. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1914, making fourteen appearances.
He died in the 2nd Stationery Hospital from wounds received in action at Thiepval during the Battle of the Somme on 28 July 1916.
(Sources: CWGC, Wikipedia)
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Regiment: Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion.
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Died: 28th July 1916
Age: 24 years old.
William was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Albert Boswell, of Hornton Cottage, Kensington, London, he was educated at Eton College, before going up to New College, Oxford.
While studying at Oxford, Boswell played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Free Foresters at Oxford in 1912. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1914, making fourteen appearances.
He died in the 2nd Stationery Hospital from wounds received in action at Thiepval during the Battle of the Somme on 28 July 1916.
(Sources: CWGC, Wikipedia)
(Woose)
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion.
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Died: 28th July 1916
Age: 24 years old.
William was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Albert Boswell, of Hornton Cottage, Kensington, London, he was educated at Eton College, before going up to New College, Oxford.
While studying at Oxford, Boswell played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Free Foresters at Oxford in 1912. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1914, making fourteen appearances.
He died in the 2nd Stationery Hospital from wounds received in action at Thiepval during the Battle of the Somme on 28 July 1916.
(Sources: CWGC, Wikipedia)
(Woose)
Regiment: Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion.
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Died: 28th July 1916
Age: 24 years old.
William was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Albert Boswell, of Hornton Cottage, Kensington, London, he was educated at Eton College, before going up to New College, Oxford.
While studying at Oxford, Boswell played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Free Foresters at Oxford in 1912. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1914, making fourteen appearances.
He died in the 2nd Stationery Hospital from wounds received in action at Thiepval during the Battle of the Somme on 28 July 1916.
(Sources: CWGC, Wikipedia)
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