We remember William George Boyd

We remember William George Boyd

Timeline

Timeline

1889
sibling Norman Boyd Source:7946007 1889
1890
sibling Allison Violet Boyd Source:7946007 1890
1891
sibling Arthur Boyd Source:7946007 1891
1894
birth Ferry Port on Craig United Kingdom Source:7946003 1st February 1894
1897
sibling Edith Helen Boyd Source:7946007 1897
1901
location Albert Street, Ferry Port on Craig United Kingdom parents address Source:7946007 1901
1915
service British Army Private 1798 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion (Territorial Force) Source:448928 7th September 1915
1915
theatres Gallipoli :2b Source:448928 7th September 1915
enlistment Dundee United Kingdom Source:7945991
service British Army Acting Lance Corporal 345105 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion Source:7945991
1918
death Killed in Action During an attack on German Trenches on the far side of the Canal Du Nord Moislains France Source:7945991 Source:7946013 2nd September 1918
burial Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Source:7945993

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William George
Initials WG
Last Name Boyd
Source 7945991
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Albert Street, Ferry Port on Craig United Kingdom parents address known 1901
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 1798 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion (Territorial Force) Private
British Army 345105 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion Acting Lance Corporal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Alexander Boyd father
Christina Boyd nee McLean mother
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Norman Boyd brother 1889
Allison Violet Boyd sister 1890
Arthur Boyd brother 1891
Edith Helen Boyd sister 1897

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Official Records

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Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Fife3190
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Fife3190
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Fife3190

External Evidence

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The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry by Major D. D. Ogilvie Fife3190

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