BORN ROTSEA, DRIFFIELD, YORKSHIRE, 1893. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM BOYNTON (1863-1943) & JANE BURKES ROE (1867-1946). HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. HE RESIDED IN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED IN DRIFFIELD, SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE SOMME, ON 22/07/1916, AGED 23.HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JAMES WILLIAM BOYNTON.
NB: BOYNTON’S AT 9 FLEET STREET, 110 SPRING BANK, HULL.
First name:
GEORGE EDWARD
Military Number:
2780
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/07/1916
Place died:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
23
