John
Boyd
Born in Mount Vernon, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of John Boyd
and Margaret Boyd
Brother of
Jane Colville (Boyd) Baird and William Boyd
Died
at age 32
in Somme, Picardie, France
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Mar 2020
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Biography
Second Lieutenant John Boyd served in the British Army in World War I
Service started: Unknown
Unit(s): 6th Battalion, Scottish Rifles
Service ended: Oct 29, 1916 (KIA)
Service started: Unknown
Unit(s): 6th Battalion, Scottish Rifles
Service ended: Oct 29, 1916 (KIA)
John Boyd was killed during Battle of Somme during World War I.
John was born in 1884. He was the son of John Boyd and Margaret Boyd. [1]
He was killed in action during the Battle of Somme on Oct 29, 1916. [2][3]
Sources
- ↑ ScotlandsPeople (Fee required for details)
- John Boyd
- Born: May 8, 1884, Mount Vernon, Shettleson
- Father: John Boyd, Master Engineer
- Mother: Margaret Boyd
- Parents Marriage: June 1, 1878, Campbeltown
- ↑ John Boyd in the UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd. Accessed on ancestry.com, March 2020.Ancestry Record 1543 #1035855 (requires subscription).
- Name: John Boyd
- Death Date: 29 Oct 1916
- Rank: 2 Lieutenant
- Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
- Battalion: 6th Battalion (Territorial)
- Type of Casualty: Killed in action
- ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- SECOND LIEUTENANT JOHN BOYD
- Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Bn. attd. 1st Bn.
- Died 29 October 1916
- Age 32 years old
- Buried or commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Pier and Face 4 D. France
- Son of Margaret Boyd, of Dunclutha, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, and the late John Boyd.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #12368617 : accessed 04 August 2020), memorial page for Second Lieutenant John Boyd (8 May 1884–29 Oct 1916), citing Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France ; Maintained by IWPP Custodial Account (contributor 48586138).
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