Robert Cadman's Story.
Birkenhead News 22 June 1918“A SOLDIER’S DEATH.”
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, 27, Leicester Street, Birkenhead, have received official intimation of the death in action of their second son, Private Robert Cadman Boyd, on April 22nd. In June, 1917, Pte. Boys joined the Labour battalion, but was afterwards transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was educated at St. Mary’s School, and was a member of the Shaftesbury Boys’ Club, and worked as a boilermaker at Messrs. Cammell Lairds’. He was 28 years of age.
In the course of a sympathetic letter the parents have received from their son’s captain, the writer states :- “He was killed by a shell and death was instantaneous. He now lies buried alongside some of his comrades who have fallen with him. He died a soldier’s death and did honour to the land of his birth. He had many friends here with us, and will be greatly missed by everyone of us.”
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have had the usual letter of sympathy from the King and Queen.
Two brothers of the deceased are serving with the colours. They are Gunner Geo. A. Boyd, Tank Corps, and Pte. John Noel Boyd, Cheshire Regiment, both members of the Shaftesbury Boys’ Club.