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Son of Mr. W. J. and Annie Boughton, of England; husband of Mary Boughton, of Toronto, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Richard Edgar Boughton
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Private Richard Edgar Boughton
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 235 of 934
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Edgar Boughton
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Edgar Boughton
Richard Edgar Boughton was born in London, England. He enlisted in Toronto in the 83rd Battalion C.E.F. on August 14th, 1915.
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Private Richard Edgar Boughton
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Edgar Boughton
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Edgar Boughton
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 235 of 934
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Richard Edgar Boughton was born in London, England. He enlisted in Toronto in the 83rd Battalion C.E.F. on August 14th, 1915.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 56 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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