Name
Stewart Augustine Boyd
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/05/1917
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
2225
Australian Machine Gun Corps
5th Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Broxbourne memorials *1
Pre War
Son of Alexander Gaviller Boyd and Charlotte Christian Boyd, of "Stronsay," Kirkley Cliff Rd., Lowestoft. Stuart's siblings included: Bertrum Gaviller, Gertrude Francis and Kenneth. Kenneth also died in the great war
Additional Information
His brother Kenneth Seymour 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.
