William Gerald Knox Boswell (24 June 1892 – 28 July 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of William Albert Boswell and Florence Helen Rotch, he was born at Chelsea in June 1892.
He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1914, making fourteen appearances.
[5] Boswell served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade in August 1914,[6] with confirmation in the rank coming in January 1915.
[9] Boswell died from wounds received in action at Thiepval during the Battle of the Somme on 28 July 1916.