Name:- Boylan, John
Nationality:- UK
Age :- 27
Rank:- Lance Corporal
Number:- 15949
Medal:-
Service:- Army
Regiment / ship:- 7th/8th Bn., King's Own Scottish Borderers
Date of death:- 8th August, 1916
Cemetery / Memorial:- Thiepval Memorial,
Area of cemetery / memorial :- Pier and Face 4A and 4D
Family information:- Son of John Boylan, Victoria Place, Rattray, Blairgowrie
1901 census ...
Victoria Place, Rattray, Perthshire
John Boylan, head, 40, ag lab, b. Ireland
Kate Boylan, wife, 40, b. Rattray
Mary Boylan, daughter, 14, bobbin shifter, b. Rattray
John Boylan, son, 12, scholar, b. Rattray
Michael Boylan, son, 10, scholar, b. Rattray
Winnifred Boylan, daughter, 8, scholar, b.Rattray
Catherine Boylan, daughter, 5, b. Rattray
James Boylan, son, 1, b. Rattray
Extra information:-
On Blairgowrie War Memorial in the Wellmeadow. In the 1881 there is only one Boylan living in the Blairgowrie district. She is Margaret, who is unmarried, 17, and a domestic servant in the household of Margaret MacGregor, hotel keeper, Bank Buildings, Wellmeadow. Mrs. MacGregor was also unmarried, and aged 62. Margaret Boylan was from Ireland. Did members of her family come across to join her?