Alexander Rennie
Rank: Third Officer
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 15/04/1918
Theatre of Death: S.S. Pomeranian
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine
Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial
Additional information: Son of Mrs Mary Rennie, ‘Roseneath’, Buchanan Drive, Rutherglen.
1901 census information:
Address: 379 Paisley Road West, Glasgow.
Mother: Marie (38) born about 1863 in Glasgow.
Self: Alexander (6) born about 1895 in Glasgow.
Brother: James T (1) born about 1900 in Glasgow.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Maria 49, Alexander 16 and James T 11.
Newspaper transcript – Rennie. – Lost at sea, through enemy action, on the 15th inst., Alexander Rennie, beloved son of Commander Alexander A. Rennie, R.N.R., and Mrs Rennie, Roseneath, Rutherglen. – Relatives and friends please accept this (the only) intimation, Canadian papers, please copy; inserted by his sorrowing Parents.