Robert Boagey
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MM L/SGT. 17190(17090) 10. 8.16 13Bn.(Other number: 17090) For conspicuous gallantry when leading a bombing party in a raid on the German trenches at Souchez on the night of June 1-2nd 1916. They bombed the dug-outs killing several of the enemy, and causing considerable damage.
L/CPL. 17190(17090) 1915 13Bn. Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal. At 8.15pm on the 28th September 1915, Pte.J.W.Jameson, who cannot swim, walked into the Lys River, France, in the darkness. L/Cpl.R.Boagey jumped in and succeeded in saving him.
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