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NAME: Boys, John

RANK: Private

UNIT: Hampshire Regiment

BATTALION ETC: 1/8th Battalion

REGIMENTAL NUMBER: 331157

HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Died of dysentry 24th September 1917 as a prisoner of war

WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq

OTHER INFORMATION: Born April/May/June 1894 at Alverstoke. Son of George J & Julia Boys of 70 Stoke Road, Gosport, Hants, on another pension card address is 5 Brockhurst Terrace, Brockhurst, Gosport, Hants. In 1911 family living at 50 Alver Road, Gosport, Hants. Enlisted: Gosport.