Stanley Henry Parry Boughey
Second Lieutenant, 1/4th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers
- Register No.
- 107 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant all Second Lieutenants →
- Unit
- 1/4th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers all Royal Scots Fusiliers VCs →
- Date of action
- 1 December 1917 on this day → all of 1917 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 13th February 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Born
- 9th April 1896 at Ayrshire, Scotland
- Died
- 4th December 1917 near Ramleh, Palestine. (Died on of
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine
Digest of citation
On 1st December 1917 at El Berf, Palestine, when the enemy in large numbers had managed to crawl opt to within 50 yards of our firing line and with bombs and automatic rifles were keeping down the fire of our machine-guns, Second Lieutenant Boughey rushed forward alone with bombs right up to the enemy, killing many and causing the surrender of a party of 30. As he turned to go back for more bonds he was mortally wounded at the moment when the enemy were surrendering
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BOUGHEY, Stanley Henry Parry. (Reg No. 107).
Second Lieutenant 1/4th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
London Gazetted on 13th February 1918.
Born on 9th April 1896 at Ayrshire, Scotland.
Died on 4th December 1917 near Ramleh, Palestine. (Died on of wounds).
Memorial at Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.
Digest of Citation reads: On 1st December 1917 at El Berf, Palestine, when the enemy in large numbers had managed to crawl opt to within 50 yards of our firing line and with bombs and automatic rifles were keeping down the fire of our machine-guns, Second Lieutenant Boughey rushed forward alone with bombs right up to the enemy, killing many and causing the surrender of a party of 30. As he turned to go back for more bonds he was mortally wounded at the moment when the enemy were surrendering.
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