Pte William Boardman (medals; badges; photographs; postcard; plaque)
Item
Title
Pte William Boardman (medals; badges; photographs; postcard; plaque)
Who?
25541 Pte William Boardman, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Item(s)
Victory Medal; Loyal's Cap Badge; Portrait photograph in Field Uniform; 2 x Embroidered cards; 1x humorous Post Card; Pte Boardman's Memorial Plaque, mounted on polished wood backboard; Press cutting from the Farnworth Journal, March 1918.
Story
Pte Boardman died in hospital of wounds sustained the day before.
When?
29/01/1918
Where?
The Somme. He is buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt.
Contributor
Samantha Heaton-Barrett
Collection Day
Bolton, 24/11/2018
This item was submitted on January 7, 2019