Stuart Augustine Boyd (1883 - 1917)

Born 1883 in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 5 May 1917 at about age 34 in Somme, Picardie, France

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Biography

Stuart Boyd was born in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

Stuart Boyd is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Pte Stuart Boyd was Killed in Action in France during World War I.

Stuart was born in 1883, the son of Alexander Boyd and Charlotte Faraker.^[1]

In 1891 Stuart A Boyd was living with his family on High Road, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. He was 7.

By 1911 Stuart was living in Sunderland, Durham. Aged 27.

Occupation: Electrician

When Stuart was 30 years old he emigrated from England to Australia. When the 1st World War broke out he enlisted and fought in the 18th Battalion, 4th Reinforcements.

Embarkation Roll number: 23/35/2.

Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Argyllshire on 30 September 1915.

Rank from Nominal Roll: Private

Unit from Nominal Roll: 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

Stuart was killed in action in France on 5 May 1917. He was 33 years of age. He has no known grave. His brother Kenneth Seymour Boyd was also killed in the 1st World War.

Burial

Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France

Stuart is memorialised on his family's Headstone in Broxbourne, Broxbourne Borough, Hertfordshire, England^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X23-8DJ : accessed 24 March 2016), Stuart Augustine Boyd, 1883; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,"
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16180287

• http://www.tolliss.com/webtrees/individual.php?pid=I6231&ged=Tolliss

• https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=29380

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WZRF-DMM : accessed 24 March 2016), Stuart A Boyd in household of Alexander G Boyd, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWCS-9WV : accessed 24 March 2016), Stuart Agustine Boyd, Sunderland, Sunderland, Durham, England; from "1911 England and Wales census,"