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WW1 In Memoriam / 13 May 1918 - Robert Alexander, Age 26, Royal Scots
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Private 39312 Robert Alexander
"A" Coy. 16th Bn. Royal Scots
Taken prisoner on 12 April 1918
Died of wounds in Lagensalza POW Camp 13 May 1918
Buried in Niederzwhren Cemetery, grave reference X.B.6.
Born 31 Dec 1892 at Bo’ness, West Lothian
Son of Thomas and Mary Alexander.
Also remembered on Bo'ness War Memorial and on his parents’ grave in Bo'ness Cemetery.
Robert married Joan Adamson in Glasgow on 6 Nov 1917 when he was home on leave. Robert married Joan in secret and his family never knew of the marriage until after the war. He returned to his unit in France a few days later and never saw her again. He wrote to his family in April/May 1918 to tell them that he was a POW – but no mention that he had been wounded. It is unknown if the wounds he died of were sustained at the front or in the POW camp. He was a stretcher bearer in his unit and the youngest son in his family, in civilian life he worked for his father as a haulage contractor.
"A" Coy. 16th Bn. Royal Scots
Taken prisoner on 12 April 1918
Died of wounds in Lagensalza POW Camp 13 May 1918
Buried in Niederzwhren Cemetery, grave reference X.B.6.
Born 31 Dec 1892 at Bo’ness, West Lothian
Son of Thomas and Mary Alexander.
Also remembered on Bo'ness War Memorial and on his parents’ grave in Bo'ness Cemetery.
Robert married Joan Adamson in Glasgow on 6 Nov 1917 when he was home on leave. Robert married Joan in secret and his family never knew of the marriage until after the war. He returned to his unit in France a few days later and never saw her again. He wrote to his family in April/May 1918 to tell them that he was a POW – but no mention that he had been wounded. It is unknown if the wounds he died of were sustained at the front or in the POW camp. He was a stretcher bearer in his unit and the youngest son in his family, in civilian life he worked for his father as a haulage contractor.