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Sig.Boy. john maxwell
Royal Navy HMS Amphion
from:Edinburgh
(d.6th Aug 1914)
My uncle John Maxwell was a signal boy on HMS Amphion. He was only 17
years of age when he was killed on 6th August 1914 only two days after the start of WW1.He was the first fatality from Edinburgh
He had been one of the first Boy Scouts in Edinburgh.His father Robert Maxwell was the church officer of St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh and condolences were given at a service in St Giles Cathedral.His name is recorded in a book of remembrance in the War Memorial Building in Edinburgh Castle and also on the Naval War Memorial in Plymouth.
His sister was my mother Agnes Tulloch (nee Maxwell) and I was named after him.