LANCE CORPORAL BOAGEY
Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal Citation, taken from the Annual Report for 1915. Compiled by Peter Helmore.
Boagey, R. Lce. Corporal, Durham DLI Case 42087.
On the 28th September, 1915, Pte J.W.Jameson, who cannot swim, walked into the Lys River, France, in the darkness. Boagey jumped in and saved him.
Olwyn 27.12.10
DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY IN THE GREAT WAR, Sean Godfrey.
D.L.I. September 1914
The third call (K3) for volunteers was made on the 13th and it produced the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Batallions. 12th and 13th were allocated to the 68th Brigade of the 23rd Division and were to be trained at Frensham near Farnham. 14 and 15 DLI were allocated to the 64th Brigade of the 21st Division and were to be trained at Halton Park near Tring.
MARCH 1915
12th and 13th both moved to Ashford in Kent. They received their khaki clothing and managed to do some musketry training.
AUGUST 1915
12 and 13 DLI, 68th Brigade, 23rd Division disembarked at Boulogne on the 26th. They were billeted at Houlle (12th) and Moulle (13th) and began training for trench warfare.
An extract from D.L.I. 'Following the Durhams', SEPTEMBER 1915
The 12th and 13th DLI trained until the 6th and then marched to Hazebrouck and then Steenwerck.
On the 9th, they were attached to troops from the 20th Division for training in trench duties.
Later in the month the 23rd Division took over the line from Bois Grenier to Armentieres, and on the 17th, 12 DLI went to I'Hallobeau, and 13 DLI to Petit Moulin.
They stood to arms on the 25th and on the 26th they marched to the Estaires as a German attack was feared.
On the 28th, Lance Corporal R Boagey won the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society
' for the rescue, in the darkness and heavy rain of Private Jameson who had fallen into the River Lys'.
Boagey, R. Lce. Corporal, Durham DLI Case 42087.
On the 28th September, 1915, Pte J.W.Jameson, who cannot swim, walked into the Lys River, France, in the darkness. Boagey jumped in and saved him.
Olwyn 27.12.10
DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY IN THE GREAT WAR, Sean Godfrey.
D.L.I. September 1914
The third call (K3) for volunteers was made on the 13th and it produced the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Batallions. 12th and 13th were allocated to the 68th Brigade of the 23rd Division and were to be trained at Frensham near Farnham. 14 and 15 DLI were allocated to the 64th Brigade of the 21st Division and were to be trained at Halton Park near Tring.
MARCH 1915
12th and 13th both moved to Ashford in Kent. They received their khaki clothing and managed to do some musketry training.
AUGUST 1915
12 and 13 DLI, 68th Brigade, 23rd Division disembarked at Boulogne on the 26th. They were billeted at Houlle (12th) and Moulle (13th) and began training for trench warfare.
An extract from D.L.I. 'Following the Durhams', SEPTEMBER 1915
The 12th and 13th DLI trained until the 6th and then marched to Hazebrouck and then Steenwerck.
On the 9th, they were attached to troops from the 20th Division for training in trench duties.
Later in the month the 23rd Division took over the line from Bois Grenier to Armentieres, and on the 17th, 12 DLI went to I'Hallobeau, and 13 DLI to Petit Moulin.
They stood to arms on the 25th and on the 26th they marched to the Estaires as a German attack was feared.
On the 28th, Lance Corporal R Boagey won the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society
' for the rescue, in the darkness and heavy rain of Private Jameson who had fallen into the River Lys'.
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