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BOADEN William Freeman 2/Lt

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20420

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This record is about the BOADEN William Freeman 2/Lt dating from 2000-2024.

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SKR/DAT/IP/20420

Title

BOADEN William Freeman 2/Lt

Date

2000-2024

Description

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Surname: BOADEN;

Forename(s): William Freeman;

Initials: WF;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Enlistment Date: 29-Mar-1915;

Resided in: Crouch End;

Previous Number: 1881;

Previous Battalion: 1/5 of;

Previous Regiment: London Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 49 Bn;

Date abroad: 01-Sep-1915;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 16-Apr-1918;

Other Data: b.6/12/1885
disch to Commsn 14/2/1917
joined 49 Bn 3/4/1918
death noted in war diary
posted missing, Red X lists, Apr 1918
to France 1/9/1915 - on 22/4/1916 attached to 8 Bde MG Coy
3/6/1916 attached to 169 Bde MG Coy - wounded in action 1/7/1916 - gsw rt thigh
to Cadet School, Pembroke College, Cambridge 1/12/1916
Left widow and one child - Mary Freeman Boaden (aged 3m in Oct 1918);

Other Notes: BOADEN, Second Lieutenant, WILLIAM FREEMAN, 49th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 16th April 1918. Age 33. Son of Josephine Magdeline Boaden (nee Anneveld), of 29, Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, London, and the late Edward Boaden. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. Tyne Cot Memorial - Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
NOK: (wife) Mrs Cynthia Agnes Boaden, Clashmore, Grange Mount, Birkenhead. (late of 1 Seaview Terrace, E Looe, Cornwall);

Related National Archives files: WO339/79627;

END OF RECORD.

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language

English

Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description

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