32636, Private John Alexander.
The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
3rd Battalion
Son of Andrew Alexander of Glasgow.
His regiment had been based in Ireland since December 1917, latterly in Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
3rd Battalion
Son of Andrew Alexander of Glasgow.
His regiment had been based in Ireland since December 1917, latterly in Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
32636, Private John Alexander.
The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
3rd Battalion
Son of Andrew Alexander of Glasgow.
His regiment had been based in Ireland since December 1917, latterly in Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
3rd Battalion
Son of Andrew Alexander of Glasgow.
His regiment had been based in Ireland since December 1917, latterly in Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
Inscription
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Gravesite Details
32636
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