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Military service
Service number:
790538
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
October 22, 1881
Enlistment:
New Westminister, British Columbia
Death:
May 7, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private John Boyd
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Photo of JOHN BOYD
Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Document
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 801 of 934. -
Photo of John Boyd
John Boyd of New Westminster, BC, with the eldest of his 3 daughters. (c. 1915) -
Photo of John Boyd's Daughter
2nd Lt. Molly Boyd (eldest of John Boyd's 3 daughters), No. 8 Canadian General Hospital, RCAMC, at Vimy Ridge Memorial, 1945, where John Boyd is commemorated -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Letter
Report from Department of Militia and Defence -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private John Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Boyd
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 205 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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