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Boyd-Rochfort's grave: before and after |
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| THE GRAVE AND HEADSTONE OF CAPTAIN GEORGE BOYD-ROCHFORT VC HAS BEEN REFURBISHED IN CASTLETOWN-GEOGHEGAN CHURCHYARD IN CO WESTMEATH, IRELAND. |
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| 3 August 2015 |
| On the 3rd August 2015 a ceremony was held in Castletown-Geoghegan, Co Westmeath, to dedicate the newly refurbished grave of Captain George Boyd-Rochfort VC, Scots Guards. The event was organised by Patrick and Cathy Clarke and was attended by around seventy people including relatives of Boyd-Rochfort. The Reverend Isaac Delamere from Tullamore delivered prayers of remembrance. Wreaths were laid at the grave by Major General David O'Morchoe, President of the Royal British Legion ( Republic of Ireland ), by Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Foster, of the Scots Guards and by Ian Robinson, Chairman of the Irish Guards Association, Republic of Ireland. After the ceremony guests were invited to a reception at Middletown Park House, formerly the home of Captain Boyd-Rochfort VC. |
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Boyd-Rochfort's grave: before and after |
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| For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 1 September 1915 ], La Bassee Canal, France, 3 August 1915, 2nd Lieutenant George Arthur Boyd-Rochfort, ( SR ), 1st Bn, Scots Guards.
For most conspicuous bravery in the trenches between Cambrin and La Bassee on 3rd August 1915. At 2am. A German trench mortar bomb landed on the side of the parapet of the communication trench in which he stood, close to a small working party of his Battalion. He might easily have stepped back a few yards round the corner into perfect safety, but, shouting to his men to look out, he rushed at the bomb, seized it and hurled it over the parapet, where it at once exploded. There is no doubt that this splendid combination of presence of mind and courage saved the lives of many of the working party.
George Boyd-Rochfort was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 6th September 1915.
George Boyd-Rochfort died on the 7th August 1940 after an operation in a private nursing home in Dublin and was buried in Castletown-Geoghegan Churchyard, Co Westmeath, which overlooks his home. |
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Medal entitlement of Captain George Boyd-Rochfort, 1st Bn, Scots Guards
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Iain Stewart, 5 October 2015