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

BOYDKilled 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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