Russell Lambert Boyle, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Russell Lambert Boyle

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1880

Date of Death: 25-Apr-1915

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Russel Lambert Boyle was a Canadian rancher and soldier.
Boyle served in the Second Boer War and commanded the 10th Battalion, CEF from its time at Valcartier at the beginning of the First World War, to his death.
Boyle led the 10th Battalion in their first battle on 22 April 1915, the attack on Kitcheners' Wood.
He was hit by five machine gun bullets and died at No.
3 Casualty Clearing Station.
He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery.