Frederick Boylett

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Boylett, Frederick 1888, Woking, Surrey James & Elizabeth (née Pullen) 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment 7821 Sergeant 1 July 1916, Thiepval, Somme, Picardie, France, age 28 Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, Somme, Picardie, France: Pier and Face 2 C.

Frederick Boylett was born, in 1888, in Knaphill, Woking, Surrey, son of James, labourer, & Elizabeth (née Pullen).  He was the second of six brothers, who all enlisted when war broke out. He also had three sisters. Frederick joined the Army in 1904, when he was 16.  In 1910, he married Mabel Trowell Firth of Beverley, Yorkshire.  The 1911 census shows him, his wife and their 3 week old daughter, living in Beverley; Frederick then had the rank of Corporal. Frederick’s 10 year term in the Army completed in 1914 and he was put on the reserve list. On the outbreak of war, he was recalled but remained in England as an instructor until May 1916, by which time he was an acting Sergeant. During the Battle of the Somme, the 1st Battalion was involved in the initial attacks on 1 July 1916 (the first day of the ‘Big Push)’, north of Fricourt.  Frederick Boylett was killed that first day, 1 July.  His final resting place is unknown; his name, with others of his regiment, appears on Pier or Face 2 C of the Thiepval Memorial. Frederick left a widow and four children, aged five and under.