Stanley Boughey | |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1896 |
Death Date: | 4 December 1917 (aged 21) |
Birth Place: | Toxteth Park, Liverpool |
Death Place: | El Burj, Palestine |
Placeofburial: | Gaza War Cemetery |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Serviceyears: | 1914–1917 |
Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Unit: | Red Cross Ayrshire Yeomanry Royal Scots Fusiliers |
Battles: | World War I |
Awards: | Victoria Cross |
Second Lieutenant Stanley Henry Parry Boughey VC (9 April 1896 – 4 December 1917) was a British Army officer and a British recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC),[1] the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Boughey was born in Liverpool on 9 April 1896 and was brought up in Blackpool. He was 21 years old, and a second lieutenant in the 1/4th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War. He was awarded the VC for his actions on 1 December 1917 at El Burj, Palestine, against the Ottoman Army. He was wounded committing the act, and died three days later, on 4 December.
Boughey was interred at the Gaza War Cemetery.[2]