Private Robert Pringle Boutland

Army Number : 307017

Battalion : 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Gateshead, County Durham. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Boutland, of 19, Tyndal Gardens, Dunston-On-Tyne, County Durham. He lived at 32 Kelvin Grove, Bensham, Gateshead. Enlisted at Gateshead and was killed in action, 7th April 1917, aged 19, during the attack at Le Verguier, north-west of Saint Quentin, France.

Buried : Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, France. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 43.

Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, France.

Private Robert Pringle Boutland grave — Photograph of headstone kindly supplied by Barry Sisson.

Private Robert Pringle Boutland is also commemorated on the following local war memorials:
Gateshead Roll of Honour, Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead, County Durham.
St. Cuthbert’s Church War Memorial, Bensham, County Durham.