In Memory Of

BOYD, CECIL WILLIAM LOUIS

Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
328595V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1945-01-23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #MH711, cockpit filled with smoke while strafing, crashed 9 miles NE of Bologna
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VIII, C, 7.
Cemetery:
FORLI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Edward and Dorothy Boyd, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. On St. Henry's College (Marist Brothers Durban) Roll of Honour