Framed and Glazed Western Front Great War pair and plaque awarded to Private R.H. Boughton, 7th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment who was killed in action on 31st January 1917 aged just 18 years old and is now buried in Couin New British Cemetery.
Framed and Glazed group of 3: British War Medal and Victory Medal: (37172 PTE. R.H. BOUGHTON. S. LAN. R.) Great War Memorial Plaque; (ROBERT HENRY BOUGHTON)
Condition: Extremely Fine
Along with:
Lloyds Bank Limited Memorial Album 1914-1918 in which Boughton is featured on page 30.
Small studio portrait of Boughton in uniform
Two photographs of his brother as part of a group in uniform, one sitting in a posed shot, and another within a group marching. Photograph of Robert Boughton’s original gravestone Robert Boughton’s school report for the Christmas term of 1911.
Robert Boughton’s school report for the spring term of 1914 at Cinderford H.E. School.
Two letters home from Robert to his parents the first dated 16th December 1916, the second undated and three pages long detailing how he’d been given his infantry kit and that he had been posted to the South Lancs Regiment with the service number 38172 (sic)
Robert Boughton was born in Westbury, Gloucestershire, resided in Efton, Gloucestershire and enlisted at Newport, Monmouthshire. He would see service as a Private (No. 37172) with the 7th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment on the Western Front and was killed in action on 31st January 1917, aged just 18 years old and is now buried in Couin New British Cemetery. He is noted as the son of Oliver and Emily Boughton of Arles Farm, Elton, Newnham, Gloucestershire.
