The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

DelBoy · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:36 pm Post subject: Pte. Kenneth Boag D.C.M.

Can anyone find Pte. Boag on a memorial anywhere?

He is not on the Kingarth or any other Bute memorials I've looked at, according to SDGW he resided in Glasgow, but isn't on the RoH there either.
It's unclear if he died in the same action he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

CWGC
Name: BOAG, KENNETH
Rank: Private
Service No: 8024
Date of Death: 25/09/1914
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders 1st Bn.
Awards: D C M
Panel Reference:
Memorial: LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: BOAG
Firstname: Kenneth
Service Number: 8024
Date Death: 25/09/1914
Decoration: D.C.M.
Place of birth: Kingarth Bute
Other: 1st Bn.
SNWM roll: THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
Rank: Pte

(Glasgow Herald 18th December 1914)
"Private K. Boag (8024), 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders.
For gallantry in working his machine gun til the last possible moment and then saving the gun and Marindin range-finder by removing them out of action under a very heavy fire."

Cheers,
Derek.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:03 am Post subject:

Derek
Kenneth Boag was born 1889 in Kingarth but by 1901 he was in Govan.

I presume he was related to Dugald Boag who is on the Kingarth WM.
(panel not photographed)

BOAG, DUGALD
Rank:Sergeant
Service No:51057
Date of Death:30/10/1917
Age:26
Regiment/Service:Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Grave ReferenceXXXVII E. 16.
CemeteryTYNE COT CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of John and Ann Carmichael Boag, of Birgidale, Kingarth, Bute, Scotland.
_________________
Ken

DelBoy · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:34 pm Post subject:

Thanks for that Ken.

So likely missed out by both the areas he lived in and not commemorated. I sure there's many who fall into that category.

Derek.

David McNay · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:43 pm Post subject:

We can add him to the "additional" roll we are compiling for Glasgow.