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Pte. William Cuthbert Boud
British Army 4th Battalion Essex Regiment
from:London
(d.22nd Aug 1915)
My Grandfather, William Cuthbert Boud, was killed in Gallipoli on the 22nd of August 1915. He was a Bandsman with the Essex Regiment and was shot by a sniper whilst leaving his dug out to go for a wounded comrade. The following was in the Ilford Newspaper.
"Poor Billy Boud was buried the same night - it was very touching. We buried him on the hillside right over the sea. It was a lovely moonlight night, and one of our cooks said a few words at the graveside, so we did the best for poor Billy. I must say this is a very wild country. It is all high hills, rocks, high boulders and bushes - so you can tell what a job we have to bring the wounded in, and we have to do that at night. Every place we to we have to dig ourselves in the ground to protect ourselves from shellfire."
William Cuthbert Boud had also served in the South African Campaign with the 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers.
