About
Alexander Campbell Biggerstaff was born on September 2, 1894, in Schenectady, New York. He was a well known figure in local athletic circles and played baseball with the Brandywine Avenue and Albany Street Nines. Alexander was a member of the General Electric Athletic Association.
Alexander enlisted in the United States Navy on June 7, 1918, and held the rank of Seaman Second Class. While Stationed in Pelham Bay Park, New York, he passed away from pneumonia. He is buried in Parkview Cemetery, Schenectady, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon