Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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William George Boyd
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 345105
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 24
- Date of Death: 02.09.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extention
- Grave/Mem Ref no: IV.B.15.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Tayport
- Address: 1 Bellfield Ave, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Christina Boyd, 48-16th Ave, Lachine, Montreal, Canada
- Father:
Alexander Boyd, 48-16th Ave, Lachine, Montreal, Canada
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about William George Boyd
William George Boyd 345105 Black Watch
BOYD―Killed in action, on 2d September 1918, Lance-Corporal William George Boyd, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry attached Royal Highlanders, aged 24 years, dearly loved and youngest son of Mr and Mrs Alexander Boyd, 1 Bellefield Avenue, Dundee.
Dundee Evening Telegraph 23rd September 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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