BORN HULL 1885. SON OF HENRY HERBERT BOYCE (1861-1941) & HARRIET SMITH RAMSDEN (1864-1917), AT 6 SARAH ANN TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN.
HE MARRIED ADA MUDD 91887-1943), AT HULL, IN JULY 1904, AGED 19. WORKED AS A MANAGER OF A PAWN BROKERS SHOP. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, FLORENCE, WILFRED AND ADA. LIVING AT 35 COLONIAL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 159, HODGSON STREET, AND 6, SCOTT’S PLACE, SCOT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE LOCAL ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE DIED OF MENINGHITIS, AT NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL, ON 19/02/1915, AGED 30. BURIED IN NEWCASTLE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT, TO HIS WIDOW, ADA.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE SCULCOATES LANE STREET MEMORIAL.