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Lt. Jack Lyons Boyton MC.
British Army 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
from:Birmingham
Jack Boyton received a gunshot wound to the left shoulder on the 23rd of March 1917 in Nurlu, France, 2 days after winning the MC at Epehy. He sustained a gun shot wound to the left shoulder with compound comminuted fracture of the upper border of the scapula and outer end of the clavicle. He was treated at The Prince of Wales Hospital, Marylebone, London, initially surgically by Capt H R U? with massage and electro therapy. Original placement was 3 months.
At the second medical board on 3rd July he was still suffering from insomnia although his injury was healing well. He was then being treated by a Dr Kingsbury?. By the third medical board September 1918 he had been discharged from the hospital and was at home for three weeks leave before reporting for duty as being fit for C1 Instructor of Cadet Unit. He remained in this role until his discharge in 1919.
