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Herbert Cust Boyd

In memory of:

Lieutenant Herbert Cust Boyd

February 17, 1918

Military Service


Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Army Service Corps

Division:

attd. King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf.

Additional Information


Son of William Thornton Cust and Meta Boyd, of Bobcaygeon, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 584 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

PETERBOROUGH (LITTLE LAKE) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Grave 52. Lot 28. 15. N.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram February 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 1148 2nd Lieut Herbert Cust Boyd (RMC 1915) was the son of William Thornton Cust and Meta Boyd, of Bobcaygeon, Ontario. He served with the Royal Army Service Corps Division: attd. King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf. He died Feb 17, 1918. He was buried at Peterborough (Little Lake) Cemetery, Ontario,Canada
  • Memorial Stained Glass– On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates.

1148 2nd Lieut Herbert Cust Boyd (RMC 1915) was the son of William Thornton Cust and Meta Boyd, of Bobcaygeon, Ontario. He served with the Royal Army Service Corps Division: attd. King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf. He died of appendicitis on Feb 17, 1918. He was buried at Peterborough (Little Lake) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
  • Memorial Doll– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
  • Memorial Arch– Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario

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