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214679 John Allan Boiston Royal Navy from:Kent (d.1917) John Allan Boiston was born 30th June 1888 in Bellingham Northumberland, the son of Robert and Jane Ann Boiston (nee Roberts) of Monkton, Jarrow. He married Rachel A.S. Poyner of Kent. John had formerly served as an Engine Room Artificer with the Royal Navy. He died age 29 in 1917 at Milton Medway Kent. He is commemorated on the Monkton Memorial, Monkton Village in Jarrow with 19 other names of Servicemen who died WW1. John Allan Boiston must have been medically discharged from the Royal Navy before he died as a civilian in 1917. Commonwealth War Graves Commission have no record of him and do not class him as one of the Commonwealth War Dead. On the 1911 census he is recorded as: John Allan Boiston age 22 Engine Room Artificer on Torpedo boat No. 8 is at The Salvation Army Naval and Military Home at Brook Chatham. His parents Robert and Jane Ann Boiston are at 48 Wood Terrace, Jarrow on the 1911 census. 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 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.**