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.
| Ship | Type | Rank / role | Attacked on | Boat |
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| Almeda Star | Steam passenger ship | Passenger (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.