Service Details
Name:
 BOYES-VARLEY
Given Name:
 CECIL JOSEPH
Initials:
 C J
Service No:
 1717
Rank:
 Serjeant
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Regiment:
 Manchester Regiment
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Unit:
 1st/6th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-07-13
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Karaja Oghul Tepe (which the invading troops called Hill 114) just west of Cape Helles, Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey
Additional
Information:
Son of John Gregory and Norah Boyes-Varley. Husband of Laura (nee Percival) Boyes-Varley, of 54 Church Road, Urmston, Lancashire, England. Born Krugersdorp, South Africa 1890. Educated Saint Aidan's College, GHT ? 1900 - 1902; St Edmund's College , Standon, Hertfordshire, England 1903-1907. Obtained practical experience in South African mines, and studied electrical engineering at Westinghouse Works, Manchester; married 1912. Commemorated on Krugersdorp and Districts War Memorial. Also on St. Edmund's College (panel 7) & in the Manchester Regiment WWI Memorial book, Manchester Cathedral. ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD
Commemoration
Country:
 Turkey
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Cemetery:
 LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 D. 58.

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