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Joseph Boyle

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Photo, Peoples Journal

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 43650
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
  • Unit/Ship: 15th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 24
  • Date of Death: 28.04.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Arras Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Bay 1 & 2

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 43 Larch Street, Dundee
  • Occupation: James Watson & Co Ltd, Seagate, Dundee
  • Mother:
  • Father:

    James Boyle

  • Siblings:

    Mrs Appleyard, 4 Parkers Court, Dundee

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Joseph Boyle

Joseph has no known grave but is remembered on the Arras Memorial.

For reasons unknown Joseph is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

Joseph Boyle   43650   Royal Scots

DUNDEE ROYAL SCOT MISSING.

Pte. Joseph Boyle, of the Royal Scots, who is officially reported missing since 28th April.  Pte. Boyle, who is 24 years of age, has been at the front for twelve months, and before enlistment he was an employee of James Watson & Co., Ltd., Seagate.  He resided with his sister, Mrs Appleyard, 4 Parker’s Court, off King Street, Dundee.

Dundee Courier 5th June 1917

BOYLE___Reported missing on the 28th April, now officially notified killed.  Pte. Joseph Boyle, Royal Scots, aged 25 years, youngest son of the late Mr James Boyle, shoemaker.

Inserted by his sorrowing sister, Mrs Appleyard, 4 Parker’s Court.

Dundee People’s Journal 23rd March 1918

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, further information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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