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2nd.Lt. Stanley Henry Parry Boughey VC.

British Army 1st/4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers

from:Nantwich, Cheshire.

(d.4th Dec 1917)

2nd Lieutenant Stanley Henry Parry Boughey served with the 1/4th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers during WW1 and was killed in action on the 4th December 1917, age 21. He is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza. He was the son of Mrs. Lucy Boughey, of Yew Tree Farm, Hurleston, Nantwich, Cheshire.

An extract from the London Gazette, dated 12th February, 1918, records the following:-

For most conspicuous bravery. When the enemy in large numbers had managed to crawl up to within 30 yards of our firing line, and with bombs and automatic rifles were keeping down the fire of our machine guns, he rushed forward alone with bombs right up to the enemy, doing great execution and causing the surrender of a party of 30. As he turned to go back for more bombs he was mortally wounded at the moment when the enemy were surrendering.



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