neilston Posted 26 June , 2018 Share Posted 26 June , 2018 Hi Folks I am looking for a wee bit of help from the forum stalwarts on the above man. I strongly suspect Driver Evan Boyd 37556 Royal Field Artillery Is a Soldier -born Neilston East Renfrewshire and has been wrongly transcribed In National records. The Ancestry records list him on The Soldiers that died in the Great War" as being Barrhead Renfrewshire born age 27. Name: Evan Boyd Age: 27 Birth Date: abt 1891 Death Date: 21 Mar 1918 Cemetery: Pozieres Memorial Burial Country: France Father: William Boyd Mother: Lavinia Boyd Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Regimental Number: 37556 Region or Memorial: France. These records are wrong and the one above belongs to a Frank Boyd of the Irish Regiment who also died 21st /3/18 I Suspect my man Evan Boyd was born 12noon 1st July 1881 at Kirktonfield Neilston East Renfrewshire to Parents James and Sarah (Nee McDermid) Boyd, they lived at Kirktonfield cottage Neilston. Household Members: James Boyd Sarah Boyd Evan Boyd Robert Boyd By 1901 Evan was a 19 Year old Ploughman living at Patison Farm Neilston Renfrewshire with the Henderson's (farmers) 6th Nov 1915 Evan married Catherine Clark at Glasgow, Soldiers effects have 37556 Evan Boyd -With wife Catherine Can anyone please help ? Kind Regards Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 26 June , 2018 Share Posted 26 June , 2018 There's also a card for 37556 "R" Boyd, RFA. Wife - Mrs E Boyd, applies for her late husband's medals. Address - c/o ?? of Anderson, Grain Merchant, Quarry Lane, Irvine - https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A000188-01596?pid=3124898&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3Dewy537%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26qh%3Dmp6m%2Bc1sOEBny1snUdF%2B0w%3D%3D%26db%3DMedalRolls%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3DR%26gsfn_x%3D1%26gsln%3Dboyd%26gsln_x%3D1%26gskw%3D%22artillery%22%26gskw_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Didw%26pcat%3D39%26fh%3D4%26h%3D3124898%26recoff%3D9%2010%26ml_rpos%3D5&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ewy537&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 26 June , 2018 Share Posted 26 June , 2018 (edited) What record set did you get this from ?: Quote Name: Evan Boyd Age: 27 Birth Date: abt 1891 Death Date: 21 Mar 1918 Cemetery: Pozieres Memorial Burial Country: France Father: William Boyd Mother: Lavinia Boyd Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Regimental Number: 37556 Region or Memorial: France. Craig Edited 26 June , 2018 by ss002d6252 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 26 June , 2018 Share Posted 26 June , 2018 Here's Evan getting in a scrape; 13th December 1894 - Southern Reporter "At a J. P. Court at Barrhead on Saturday Evan Boyd, Neilston, aged thirteen, was charged with playing truant from school, and was ordered to be sent to the R. C. Industrial School in Abercromby Street, Glasgow, and kept there till attained the age sixteen." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilston Posted 26 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 June , 2018 12 minutes ago, ss002d6252 said: What record set did you get this from ?: Craig Craig This is from Ancestry - supposed to be from Soldiers that died in the Great War. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 26 June , 2018 Share Posted 26 June , 2018 2 minutes ago, neilston said: Craig This is from Ancestry - supposed to be from Soldiers that died in the Great War. Matt SDGW doesn't show details such as parents, age or birth date so it can only be SDGW records combined with another record set. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 26 June , 2018 Share Posted 26 June , 2018 SDGW on Find My Past shows Frank Boyd was born at Stradbally, Queen's County. SDGW on Find My Past shows Evan Boyd was born at Barrhead, Renfrew. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilston Posted 26 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 June , 2018 6 minutes ago, ss002d6252 said: SDGW doesn't show details such as parents, age or birth date so it can only be SDGW records combined with another record set. Craig Evan Boyd in the UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 View Add Alternative Information Report issue Name: Evan Boyd Age: 27 Birth Date: abt 1891 Death Date: 21 Mar 1918 Cemetery: Pozieres Memorial Burial Country: France Father: William Boyd Mother: Lavinia Boyd Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Regimental Number: 377556 Region or Memorial: France Other Records: Search for 'Evan Boyd' in other WWI collections Just now, neilston said: Evan Boyd in the UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 View Add Alternative Information Report issue Name: Evan Boyd Age: 27 Birth Date: abt 1891 Death Date: 21 Mar 1918 Cemetery: Pozieres Memorial Burial Country: France Father: William Boyd Mother: Lavinia Boyd Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Regimental Number: 377556 Region or Memorial: France Other Records: Search for 'Evan Boyd' in other WWI collections Sorry Folks it is the Cwgc record ancestry has miss read Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 26 June , 2018 Share Posted 26 June , 2018 No problem at all. Have you looked at the original burial return for the CWGC records for each man to see what they say ? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilston Posted 26 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 June , 2018 3 minutes ago, ss002d6252 said: No problem at all. Have you looked at the original burial return for the CWGC records for each man to see what they say ? Craig Father: William Boyd Mother: Lavinia Boyd Regiment: Royal Field Artillery. these are Frank Boyd's parents , I think Ancestry has wrongly listed the CWGC records on their site Cheers Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 26 June , 2018 Share Posted 26 June , 2018 (edited) In the CWGC database, Evan Boyd 37556 has no parents listed. Looks like another Ancestry error, they've mis attributed Frank Boyd's details to Evan, stating that that is the entry in the CWGC database. Edited 26 June , 2018 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilston Posted 26 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 June , 2018 1 hour ago, IPT said: Here's Evan getting in a scrape; 13th December 1894 - Southern Reporter "At a J. P. Court at Barrhead on Saturday Evan Boyd, Neilston, aged thirteen, was charged with playing truant from school, and was ordered to be sent to the R. C. Industrial School in Abercromby Street, Glasgow, and kept there till attained the age sixteen." Bloody Hell 3 years ! for skipping school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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