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John Darrell Boyd, B.A.

FAA (FAA/FX 80588). British

Born   1918
Died  17 Jan 1941(23)

Roster information listed for John Darrell Boyd, B.A.


ShipTypeRank / roleAttacked onBoat
Almeda StarSteam passenger shipPassenger (Leading Airman)17 Jan 1941 (+)U-96

Personal information

Son of Colonel J.D. Boyd and Mrs. E.H. Boyd; husband of Aileen Beckett Boyd. Chancellor's Medal for English Verse. Double First in Classical Tripos. Browne Gold Medal for Latin Ode. Montague Butler Prize for Latin Poem. Browne Scholarship. Craven Scholarship. Henry Lund Fellowship for Yale. Assigned to HMS Goshawk, the FAA base at RNAS Piarco, lost on passage to Trinidad.

Crew list for Ships hit by U-boats