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Military service
Service number:
455613
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
February 28, 1894
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 13, 1916
Barriefield Camp, Kingston, Ontario
Death:
August 18, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Sam Boyd and Isabella Cherry.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private John Cherry Boyd
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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John Boyd British home child -
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Monument
John Boyd British home child
Digital gallery of
Private John Cherry Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Cherry Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Cherry Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Cherry Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Cherry Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Cherry Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private John Cherry Boyd
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 206 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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