Private 30861 William BOFFIN

Private 30861 William Boffin{gallery}Pte W Boffin{/gallery}90th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly Pte 15782 Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 10th July 1916, aged 27

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals.
  
• Son of Henry and Mary Ann Boffin [nee Beasley] 
• NNWFHS Memorials: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Boffin
• Thiepval Memorial
• Machine Gun Corps

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1889 at Nuneaton
  
• Lived at 43 Dugdale Street Road, Nuneaton [1891 to 1915]
  
• Employed as a silk spinner [1911 & 1915]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton on 24 Nov 1915. Arrived in France on 25 Jun 1916