George Arthur Boyd-Rochfort
Second Lieutenant, Scots Guards attached to 1st Battalion
- Register No.
- 1073 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant all Second Lieutenants →
- Unit
- Scots Guards attached to 1st Battalion all Scots Guards VCs →
- Date of action
- 3 August 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 1st September, 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Born
- 1st January, 1880 at Middleton, County Westmeath, Ireland
- Died
- 11th August 1940 in Dublin, Ireland
- Memorial / grave
- not known
- Medal held by
- the Guards Regimental HQ
Digest of citation
On 3rd August, 1915 between Cambrin and La Bessee, France, a German trench-mortar bomb landed on the side of a Parapet of the communication trench in which Second Lieutenant Boyd-Rochfort was standing close to a small working party of his battalion. Instead of stepping back into safety he shouted to his men to look out, rushed at the bomb, seized it and hurled it over the parapet where it at once exploded. This combination of presence of mind and courage saved the lives of many of the working party
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BOYD-ROCHFORT, George Arthur. (reg No. 1073).
Second Lieutenant. Scots Guards attached to 1st Battalion.
London Gazetted on 1st September, 1915.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Guards Regimental HQ.
Born on 1st January, 1880 at Middleton, County Westmeath, Ireland.
Died on 11th August 1940 in Dublin, Ireland.
Memorial not known.
Digest of Citation reads: On 3rd August, 1915 between Cambrin and La Bessee, France, a German trench-mortar bomb landed on the side of a Parapet of the communication trench in which Second Lieutenant Boyd-Rochfort was standing close to a small working party of his battalion. Instead of stepping back into safety he shouted to his men to look out, rushed at the bomb, seized it and hurled it over the parapet where it at once exploded. This combination of presence of mind and courage saved the lives of many of the working party.
Additional information:. Captain Boyd-Rochfort was promoted to Captain .
Additional information
Captain Boyd-Rochfort was promoted to Captain .
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