BORN TOLLERTON, YORKSHIRE 1893. SON OF WILLIAM BOYES AND SUSANNAH DURRANT (1865-1939), OF IVY COTTAGE, LANGTON (NEAR MALTON), YORKSHIRE . SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HARRY AND ONE SISTER, MOIRAH.
HE WAS A JOINER, LIVING AT 32, VANE STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, 124 LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE MARRIED ADA GERTRUDE DUNN AT SCULCOATES, HULL, ON 25/9/1917 AND LIVED AT 97, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 18/9/1916. TRAINED AT WITHERNSEA. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 9/3/1917. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 29186, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. WOUNDED SEVERELY IN THE UPPER ARM, ON 5/5/1917. TRANSFERRED TO “B” COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TAKEN PRISONER ON 02/08/1918. DIED AT Valenciennes, 01/09/1918, AGED 25.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA, AT 97, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS ONLY BROTHER, HARRY BOYES, SERVED AS PRIVATE, SOUTH LANCASHIRE (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire) Regiment. DISCHARGED AND AWARDED THE SILVER WAR BADGE, HE DIED OF DISEASE, ON 6TH SEPTEMBER 1919, AGED 24.
| Name | Walter Boyes |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Tollerton, Yorks |
| Death Date | 1 Sep 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | East Yorkshire Regiment |
| Battalion | 1st Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 35018 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 29186, Works Battn., D.L.I. |
