Name: Rank: Service: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Trade: Marital Status: Religion: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery: Grave Reference

Alexander Bentick Ross

Sources Veterans Affairs Canada Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Alexander Bentick Ross Lieutenant North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C. August 10, 1916 North East Margaree, Inverness Co., NS February 4, 1941 Halifax, NS Student Single United Church of Canada Thomas Ethridge Ross (Father) February 1, 1944 27 Brookwood Military Cemetery, England 44. C. 9. Commemorated on page 432 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance (Newfoundland) Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on September 19 Lieutenant Ross was the son of Thomas Ethridge Ross and Annie Jean Ross, of North East Margaree, NS. His brother, Douglas MacRae Ross died July 26, 1942 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force. While training in England Lieutenant Ross was accidentally killed by a bullet fired from a rifle during a military exercise.