BOYLE, Richard
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Rank:
Captain (later Temporary Major)
Unit / Base:
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Black Watch
Service:
Army
Service Number:
64612
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Saturday, March 24, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Major Richard Boyle MC, 1st Battalion Black Watch, died during operations at the River Rhine crossing [1][1a].
Layforce
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28.03.1941, Captain, Commander 'D' Company, 'D' Bn. Layforce at Geneifa [2].
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02.06.1941, Captain, 'D' Bn. Layforce, reported missing Crete, later found to have escaped from the island one month after the evacuation [3][3a].
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21.11.1941, Temporary Captain, Black Watch, awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service in the Middle East [4][4a].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[1a] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/8.
[2] 52 Middle East Commando War Diary (List of 'D' Bn Layforce Officers)
[3] The Middle East Commandos by Charles Messenger.
[3a] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/2.
[4] London Gazette 35465, page 894.
[4a] Award Recommendations / National Archives file WO373/18/78.
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