Albert George – Boobyer – Great Western Railway – Signalman – 29/11/1916

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Title

Albert George – Boobyer – Great Western Railway – Signalman – 29/11/1916

Initials / forenames

Albert George

Surname

Boobyer

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HM Trawler 'Lord Airedale'

Military rank

Signalman

Military number

797

Railway department

Traffic Department, Swimbridge

Railway job

Signal porter

Date died

29/11/1916

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine January 1917 p13. Photo: April 1917 p76

Memorial

Plymouth Naval Memorial

Notes

Age 21, the son of Amos and Jane Boobyer of 13 Taddiforde Road, St David's Exeter

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)

Date entered

17/05/2017

Last updated

17/05/2017

Citation

“Albert George – Boobyer – Great Western Railway – Signalman – 29/11/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed April 29, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/60804.