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2nd.Lt. Stanley Henry Parry Boughey VC.
British Army 1st/4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Nantwich, Cheshire.
(d.4th Dec 1917)
Stanley Boughey was the son of Mrs. Lucy Boughey, of Yew Tree Farm, Hurleston, Nantwich, Cheshire.
He was killed in action on the 4th of December 1917, aged 21 and is buried in Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza.
His VC citation states that "with bombs and automatic rifles keeping down the fire of our machine guns, he rushed forward alone with bombs right up to the enemy, doing great execution and causing the surrender of a party of 30. As he turned to go back for more bombs he was mortally wounded at the moment when the enemy were surrendering."