Lance Corporal George Boyd served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and took part in the D-Day landings to Normandy on 5-6 June 1944.L/Cpl Boyd died on 16 June 1944, aged 21 years old. He is now buried at Ranville War Cemetery, Normandy.

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Headstone image provided by Bob Hilton.