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Pte. Alexander Robertson Boothman
British Army 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.22nd Feb 1915)
Alexander Robertson Boothman Died aged 25 on 22nd February 1915 whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. (formerly 8519 Cheshire Regiment and 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers). He was the son of William and Jane Robertson Boothman of 40 Prince Consort Road Jarrow.
Born 1888 St. Johns, Wolverhampton, he lived and enlisted in Jarrow. On the 1911 census Alexander Robertson Boothman age 22 is with 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers at West Ridge, Rawalpindi, India on the 1911 census.
His parents William and Jane Robertson Boothman and family are at 34 Prince Consort Road, Jarrow
Alexander is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.