Boyd W Lt 8th Durham Light Infantry
Lieutenant WILLIAM BOYD,
Sth Durham Light Infantry, was the son of Alderman J. T. Boyd, O.D., J.P., of Durham, and was born in 1894. He entered the School as a Day Boy from Mr. Castley’s School, Durham, in September, 1909, and left at Easter, 1911, proceeding to the Durham University College of Medicine, Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he was in his second year when war was declared. Being already in the D.U.O.T.C., he received his commission in the 8th Durham Light Infantry in August, 1914, and he joined the 1/8th Battalion in France in May, 1915; he saw much heavy fighting, and was killed whilst in command of a company at Warlencourt on the 5th November, 1916.
As a runner he gained distinction at the University, which he represented in the three mile race in the Inter-University Sports.
In 1918 a marble memorial to his memory was placed in St. Nicholas Church, Durham.
Source :The War Record Of Old Dunelmians 1914-1919