BORN HUTTON CRANSWICK, DRIFFIELD, YORKSHIRE, 1893. SECOND SON OF JAMES WILLIAM BOYNTON (1863-1943) & JANE BURKES ROE (1867-1946), OF ROTSEA COTTAGE, HUTTON CRANSWICK AND PARK HOUSE, LECONFIELD, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
SON OF A FARM LABOURER. BROTHER TO ARTHUR ALFRED ROE (1889-1973), FRANK (1894-1977), MAUD ELIZABETH (1898-1989), JOHN WILLIAM (1899-1982), TOM (1901-1940), AND RAYMOND (1909-2000),
A HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. HE RESIDED IN BEVERLEY.
ENLISTED IN DRIFFIELD. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 18/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (GREEN HOWARDS). WOUNDED AT THE SOMME, DIED ON 22/07/1916, AGED 23.
BURIED AT BAILLEUL CONNUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “AWAKE, CHERISHED ARE THE DEAD, WHICH DIE IN THE LORD”
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JAMES WILLIAM BOYNTON.
