10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
05/08/1885
Died:
07/12/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
32
Summary
Andrew Boyd was the son of Hugh and Margaret Boyd. He was born on 5th August 1885 in Seapatrick, County Down. He was one of five children. his father died when he was ten years old. He was a weaver for a brief period before becoming a painter. He married Margaret Smith and they had six children. Private Boyd was serving with the 10th Battalion of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France on 17th December 1917.
The Cambrai Memorial stands on a terrace in Louverval Military Cemetery, which is situated on the north side of the N30, south of Louverval village. Louverval is 13 kilometres north-east of Bapaume and 16 kilometres south-west of Cambrai.
