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Cecil Vincent BOYD

Cecil Vincent BOYD Original Photo
OC Number

1162

Born

06/04/1897

Rank at Death

Second Lieutenant

Date of Death

23/11/1917

Age at Death

20

Unit Serving With

8th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

Inscription
C. V. BOYD
SEC-LIEUT ROYAL IRISH RIFLES
BORN 6TH APRIL 1897 - DIED 23RD NOVEMBER 1917.
Pen Portrait

The son of S. W. Boyd, Claremont House, Ardenlee Avenue, Belfast, Cecil entered CCB in September 1910.

He was killed in action on the 23rd November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai. He is commemorated on the Cambrai War Memorial at Louverval in addition to having his name cited on the Balmoral Golf Club First World War Memorial to the fallen.

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