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In memory of:

Lieutenant Herbert Beaumont Boggs

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Military service

Age: 22
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division: 7th Bn.
Enlistment: British Columbia
Death: February 26, 1915

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: A. 8.
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Son of Beaumont and Louise Mary Boggs, of the "Pacific Club," Victoria, British Columbia. Lt. Herbert Boggs served with the 7TH Canadian Infantry Battalion, The British Columbia Regiment. He was one of the first Canadian Officers killed in the Great War.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 6 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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PLOEGSTEERT CHURCHYARD Belgium

PLOEGSTEERT CHURCHYARD is located 14 Km south of Ieper town centre, on a the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen (Messines), Ploegsteert and on to Armentieres.

From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg.

On reaching the village of Ploegsteert the church is located on the right hand side of the N365.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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