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Military service
Service number:
160332
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
August 3, 1897
Carman, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert Albert Boyd, of Calgary, Alberta. One of four sons who served, two of whom fell.
Brother of Private Thomas Walter Boyd, who died on June 6, 1916, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment).
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Robert James Boyd
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Photo of Robert 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) -
Photo of Robert James Boyd
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Newspaper clipping
Calgary Herald April 27, 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
Calgary Herald November 10, 1915 -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Boyd
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Boyd
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 206 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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