BORN HULL 26/05/1898. SON OF JOHN PETCH BOYES. & EVELYN ELIZA BOYES (1867-1942), OF 12 , WILLOW STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS); 25 BEETON STREET, HULL; 47, BRAZIL STREET, HULL & 25, SHELLEY AVENUE, MARFLEET LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, ALFRED CALUDE AND TWO ELDER SISTERS, EDITH & ETHEL. HE WORKED AS A GARDENER’S HELPER.
HE SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGI,ENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 31/05/1915, AGED 18.
BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS CWGC GRAVE READS, “DEARLY LOVED ELDEST SON OF JOHN & EVELYN BOYES OF HULL, ENGLAND”.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 3/6/15, 31/5/17 & 31/5/18.
First name:
HAROLD
Military Number:
1480
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
31/05/1915
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
18
47, BRAZIL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
