Great War Dundee
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James Fleming Boyd
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 3/2540
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 24
- Date of Death: 25.09.1915
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Rue-Du-Bacquerot No1 Military Cemetery, Laventie
- Grave/Mem Ref no: II.A.4.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 217, Hilltown, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Mother, 7 Kinloch St, Dundee
- Father:
James Boyd, 217 Hilltown, Dundee
- Siblings:
Peter, Jean & Kate
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about James Fleming Boyd
James Flemming Boyd 3/2540 Black Watch
The mother of Private James Boyd, of the 2d Black Watch, who is at present residing in London, has received a communication from an army chaplain intimating that her son was killed in the recent heavy fighting. The news was on Tuesday received in Dundee by relatives of the deceased, who reside at 59 Church Street. Private Boyd was 24 years of age.
Dundee People’s Journal 16th October 1915
BOYD―In loving remembrance of my dear son, Private James Boyd, Black Watch, who was killed in action on the 25th September 1915. – Inserted by his sorrowing mother, No 7 Kinloch Street, and his three brothers, somewhere in France, also his sisters, Jean and Kate.
Dundee People’s Journal 22nd September 1917
BOYD―In loving memory of my dear brother, who was killed in action on the 25th September 1915. – Inserted by his sister, Mrs Hutcheson 7 Kinloch Street, and brother-in-law, somewhere in France.
Dundee People’s Journal 22nd September 1917
James is believed to be the brother of Pte Peter M. Boyd, 21609, 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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