Private G/64097 William Richard Lewis Boyer

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 19/05/15
Previous Reg/Num: 12964, Liverpool Regt.

Age at death: 30
Date of death: 9th of August 1918 (Friday)
Born: West Derby, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Perth Cemetery China Wall - II. B. 14.

BMD details:
Marriage: 02/08/1909 William L Boyer to Ellen Basnett at Prescot St Mary

Family details:
Son of John and Ellen Boyer; husband of Ellen Boyer, of St. Helens, Lancs. Widow Ellen is legatee.

Census details:
1891 - Shows 3 years old William R living at 90 Brainerd(?) Street, West Derby with his parents John (37), Ellen (35) and three siblings: Herbert (13), Mary (11) and John (8). Also at the address is John snr's brother-in-law William Lewis (37). 1901 - Shows 13 years old 'errand boy' William R L and his brother John (18) boarding at 28 Westfield Street, St Helens with the Morris family. 1911 - Sees 23 years old 'Warehouse Crane Driver' William R L living at 17 Randon Street, St Helens with his wife Ellen (21) and son John (1).

Notes:
[note=64]Two Boyer Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Note initials on the headstone. CWGC in the process of correcting the headstone. Age taken from census.

Brother of Company Serjeant Major 240010 [url=http://www.prescot-rollofhonour.info/casualty-30-Herbert_Louis_Boyer.html] Herbert Louis Boyer[/url] who is commemorated on Stephen Nulty's [url=http://www.prescot-rollofhonour.info/home] Prescot Roll of Honour[/url]. Mentioned in [url=lettertomrtodd]Letter to Mr Todd[/url]. [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/64097WilliamRichardLewisBoyer.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/BoyerWm_KIA.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/W_R_L_Boyer_Queens.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private William R. L. Boyer at Perth Cemetery (China Wall) (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]