John Dopping Boyd DSO

John Dopping Boyd DSO - he led the 200 men who did the street to street fighting that won the village of Gheluvelt, and afterwards for the next 24 hours provided the cover that allowed the rallied remnants of the British forces to retreat to their positions as ordered by the generals.

John Dopping Boyd DSO – he led the 200 men who did the street to street fighting that won the village of Gheluvelt, and afterwards for the next 24 hours provided the cover that allowed the rallied remnants of the British forces to retreat to their positions as ordered by the generals.

Ist Battalion Queens Own Surrey Rgt in Aldershot in August 1914 – John Dopping Boyd at back at extreme right