Name: Lawrence Malcolm Boyd Rank: Corporal Service Number: A/117181 Service: Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Birth: February 11, 1922 Place of Birth: Glendale, Inverness County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: January 23, 1943 Place of Enlistment: Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Address at Enlistment: Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Age at Enlistment: 20 Height: 5 feet, 11 ¼ inches Complexion: Medium dark Eye Colour: Light blue Hair Colour: Black brown Occupation: Lathe Hand Marital Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Catherine Boyd (Mother), Glendale, Inverness Co., NS Date of Death: March 9, 1945 Age: 23 Cemetery: Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands Grave: Section V, Row B, Grave 7 Commemorated on Page 497 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on October 23 Lawrence Malcolm Boyd was the son of Alexander Hugh Boyd (1887-1974) and Catherine Ann (MacEachern) Boyd (1887-1989) of Glendale, Inverness Co., NS, and the brother of Andrew John Boyd (1917-2009), Margaret Loretta Boyd (1919-1984), Hugh Francis Boyd (1920-2014), Jessie Boyd (b. 1923), and Alexander Hugh Boyd (1925-1945). His brother Hugh Francis Boyd served in the US Army during WWII, and his brother of Alexander Hugh Boyd served with the Canadian Army overseas in the Algonquin Regiment and was killed in action on April 17, 1945. Prior to enlistment, Lawrence worked as a lathe hand for the Ford Motor Company in Windsor, Ontario for 2 years. He completed his basic training at the Canadian Infantry Basic Training Centre (CIBTC) No. 12 in Chatham, Kent County, Ontario beginning on February 13, 1943, and advanced training at the Canadian Infantry Training Centre A29 at Camp Ipperwash in Lambton County, Ontario, near Kettle Point, as of June 15, 1943. Lawrence departed Canada August 25, 1943, and disembarked in the United Kingdom on September 2, 1943. He subsequently embarked UK on July 20, 1944, and disembarked in France July 26, 1944. At the end of 1944, he returned to England, but once again transferred from the UK to Northwest Europe on February 10, 1945. He was killed in action March 9, 1945. Lawrence was initially interred at a Sonsbeck / Xanten cemetery in Germany (Section J, Row G, Grave 4), and reinterred at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in Netherlands (Section V, Row B, Grave 7).

Sources: Library and Archives Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave