Send a Message via the The Wartime Memories Project Website

Send a Message via The Wartime Memories Project Website





Your message will be forwarded to the last contact details we have, your email address will not be passed on, they can reply to you via this messaging system.

Please scroll down to send a message.

209076

Ord.Sig. Alexander Scott Ross

Royal Navy HMS Indefatigable

from:23 Buccleuch Street, Glasgow

(d.31st May 1916)

Alexander Scott Ross was an 18 year old Scot from Glasgow. He was an Ordinary Signaller in the Royal Navy lost when HMS Indefatigable was sunk in the Battle of Jutland on the 31st May 1916. A Glasgow newspaper report states:

Mrs and Mrs Ross, 23 Buccleuch Street Glasgow have received intimation from the Admiralty that their son Alexander Scott Ross A.B. HMS Indefatigable was killed during the Jutland sea fight. He was 18 years of age and had enlisted shortly before the outbreak of war, prior to which he was engaged in learning wireless telegraphy.



Please type your message:     

We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit.
Your Name:            
Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**