Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookBase hospital. The officers in charge of No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen, and the Rev. W. G. Arrowsmith, one of the Chaplains, there stated that the whole of the time in that cattle truck, and afterwards in the hospital, he had never complained, and had shown extraordinary fortitude, and that the example shown had the most wonderful effect upon the wounded men there. An instance told was this: a Quartermaster-Sergt., who was badly wounded and was suffering a lot, had been calling out a great deal, and disturbing the other men. After they had tried to soothe him without effect he was told that in the next ward there was a young officer of the Black Watch who was far worse than he was, and who never complained at all. After that the man was quiet. Although very severely wounded, great hopes were entertained of Lieut. Boyd's recovery, as he had been operated upon successfully. But it was not to be, as he collapsed suddenly in the early morning of 12 Oct., the immediate cause of death being a blood clot. As he died in hospital his body was brought back to Scotland in the hospital ship St. Patrick. The Headquarters, Scottish Command, arranged for a military funeral, which took place in the Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, on 19 Oct. From earliest boyhood he had taken the keenest interest in all outdoor sports. He played in the "Houses fifteen" matches at Winchester. At cricket he was a fair performer, and at golf a Scratch player. He was a good rider, a keen fisherman, and an excellent shot both with the gun and rifle. He represented Winchester College at Bisley in 1911, when he shot for the Cadet Trophy, and was again at Bisley in 1912, when he was in the Winchester "eight." It had been his greatest ambition from earliest childhood to be in the Black Watch. [Illustration: =Nigel John Lawson Boyd=] =BOYD, PERCY GERNON=, Private, No. 3158, 10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battn. King's Liverpool Regt., eldest _s._ of Samuel Boyd, of 19, Hale Road, Liscard, Cheshire, Accountant and Secretary, Liverpool Shipping Company, by his wife, Emma, dau. of William Ker, of Liverpool; _b._ Egremont, Wallasey, co. Chester, 1 Sept 1890; educ. Liscard High School, and joined the Army on the outbreak of the war Aug. 1914. He died from shell wounds received in action at Locre, Flanders, 22 Jan. 1915, and was buried in the churchyard there; _unm._ Major N. S. Anderson, D.S.O., wrote: "He was in my company (No. 1) and was under my command. I was thoroughly satisfied with all his work. He was a good soldier." And a comrade wrote: "He was a real good soldier, and a very brave one too. It was only the night before Lieut. Turner was killed that he was out with him putting barbed wire in front of the trenches." He was an active and keen footballer, being a member of the Liscard Old Boys', Brompton, and other clubs, and won the mile handicap at his school annual sports. [Illustration: =Percy Gernon Boyd.=] =BOYLE, HON. JAMES=, Capt., Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd surviving _s._ of David, 7th Earl of Glasgow, G.C.M.G., by his wife, Dorothea Elizabeth Thomasina, dau. of Sir Edward Hunter-Blair, 4th Bt.; _b._ Shewalton, co. Ayr., 11 March, 1880; educ. Wanganui College, New Zealand, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and joined the Ayrshire Militia 27 May, 1898, and served through the South African War, 1901-2, part of the time with mounted infantry and for some time on staff duties, receiving the Queen's medal with five clasps. In 1903 he joined the Regulars and was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Scots Fusiliers, becoming Lieut. 6 June, 1906, and Capt. 10 April, 1912. From 1908-9 he was extra Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Victoria, and from 1909-11 Aide-de-Camp, and later, 1912-14, A.D.C. to Gen. Sir H. Smith-Dorrien, Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Command. He was killed in action at Chateau Warneton, near La Bassée, on 18 Oct. 1914 (being officially reported wounded and missing for seven weeks, until a letter was received from a German officer who reported he was buried at Chateau Warneton). He _m._ in London, 15 Sept. 1908, Katherine Isabel Salvin (Marston House, Banbury), sister of Capt. Geoffrey Vaux Salvin Bowlby, Royal Horse Guards, killed in action 13 May, 1915, and dau. of the late Edward Salvin Bowlby, of Gilston Park, Herts, and had three children: Patrick John Salvin, _b._ 21 April, 1910; Edward James, _b._ 26 Feb. 1912; and Belinda Margaret Graeme, _b._ 4 Dec. 1913. [Illustration: =Hon. James Boyle.=] =BOYLE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 15645, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Thomas Boyle, of 33, Lyons Lane, Port Glasgow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Hooge, 27 Sept. 1915. =BOYLE, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10345, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of William Boyle, Coldstream Guards, by his wife, Bridget (102, Marian Street, Gateshead, co. Durham), dau. of Thomas Jackson; _b._ Gateshead, 18 July, 1896; enlisted 4 Sept. 1913; died of wounds received in action at Ypres, 23 Oct. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Thomas William Boyle.=] =BOYLE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 14602, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 4 Nov. 1914, while a prisoner of war. =BOYS, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9527), 200302, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BRABAZON, HON. ERNEST WILLIAM MAITLAND MOLYNEUX=, =D.S.O.=, Staff Capt., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th and yst. _s._ of Reginald, 12th Earl of Meath, P.C., K.P., by his wife, Lady Mary Jane Maitland, only surviving dau. of Thomas, 11th Earl of Lauderdale, G.C.B.; _b._ Richmond, co. Surrey, 22 March, 1884; educ. Dover College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 9 Jan. 1904, promoted Lieut. 5 Sept. 1906, and Capt. 3rd Battn. 4 April, 1912. On the outbreak of war he went to the front with his regt., was attached to the Staff, and was killed in action near La Bassée, 17 June, 1915. He was buried in Cambrin Cemetery, near where he fell. Capt. Brabazon was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French's Despatch [London Gazette, 1 Dec. 1914], in the following terms: "Has shown conspicuous efficiency in Staff duties and in keeping up communication with a long line of front composed of many units, where communication was often difficult. He has carried and delivered messages under fire with promptness and dispatch." For these services he received the D.S.O. Lord Cavan, commanding the Guards' Brigade, wrote: "We simply loved him. I can never tell you what he was to me, not only as a Staff Officer but as a friend. He was priceless, invaluable and never wearying in his work for the Brigade." And Col. J. R. Drummond Hay, commanding Coldstream Guards: "By his death the Army, as well as the regt., has lost heavily." He was keen on musketry and sport and a good shot. He _m._ at the Guards' Chapel, Wellington Barracks, S.W., 29 Oct. 1912, Dorothy Mary, yst. dau. of Col. Horace Ricardo, of Bramley Park, Surrey |