Name
Kenneth Seymour Boyd
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/06/1915
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
659
Honourable Artillery Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
I. C. 14.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Broxbourne memorials
Pre War
Son of Alexander Gaviller Boyd and Charlotte Christian Boyd, of "Stronsay," Kirkley Cliff Rd., Lowestoft. Kenneth's siblings included: Bertrum Gaviller, Gertrude Francis and Stuart. Stuart also died in the great war
Additional Information
His brother Stewart Augustine Boyd also fell.
*1 Both Kenneth and his brother Stuart are also commemorated on their siblings’ headstone in Broxbourne (St. Augustine) Churchyard. Their part of inscription reads:
“. . . IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF THE TWO SOLDIER SONS OF THE ABOVE (Alexander & Charlotte Boyd) CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE. KENNETH SEYMOUR BOYD ON JUNE 30TH 1915, AGED 24. STUART AUGUSTINE BOYD ON MAY 5TH 1917, AGED 33. PSALM. XXI. 4.
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Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
