Early WWI Memorial Plaque. Arthur Edward Boag. Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, September 1914
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Memorial plaque named Arthur Edward Boag.
Arthur was born in Bradford in 1886 to Arthur Raglan Boag and Susanna Armitage.
He enlisted into the 1st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps in 1905 in Manchester. His occupation at that time was shop assistant. He is given the service number 6506.
It was not long before he was posted to Egypt and returned to the UK in 1909. Prior to his return, in 1907, he was promoted to Lance Corporal.
He made full corporal in 1910. In 1911, he is residing in Winchester Barracks. He makes the rank of Sergeant in May 1914 when he was released to the Army Reserve.
In January 1914, he married Lily Watts.
With the onset of war, he was transferred into the 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps and was sent overseas to France on the 13th of August 1914. He would have seen action at the Battle of Mons and the First Battle of the Marne before being present at the first Battle of the Aisne.
Here, Arthur was killed in action, the date given was the 16th of September 1916, this period of the Battle is known as ‘The Race To The Sea’
According to diaries, two men were killed by accurate shrapnel fire. They were in the area of Troyon, 12 miles south of Verdun.
An address given for his widow Lily after the war is 14 Princes Buildings, Middle Brooks, Winchester
His fathers address is given as 56 Grindell Street, Moss Side, Manchester.
Arthur is buried at Vendresse British Cemetery, France.
