William Albert Boyd

     William Albert Boyd was born on 7 February 1894 at Carman, Dufferin, Manitoba, Canada, son of Robert Albert Boyd and Mary Ann Campbell.^2,1 William Albert Boyd married Elizabeth Miller Williamson, daughter of George Williamson and Elizabeth Miller, on 17 November 1920 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.³ William Albert Boyd and Elizabeth Miller Williamson were divorced on 20 May 1940 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.⁴ William Albert Boyd married Marjorie Carolyn Hartle, daughter of George Alfred Hartle and Etta Emma Whilimina Hartle, on 8 April 1947 at Clive, Alberta, Canada. William Albert Boyd died on 12 April 1968 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at age 74.
     He was Church of England. He was employed at P Burns & co. in 1912 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was a clerk in 1914. He was a Presbyterian. He was described as 5 ft 7 ins fair complexion grey eyes fair hair on 6 October 1915. William joined the Canadian army as a private on 6 October 1915 at Calgary. He fought in France and Belgium with the 54th battalion during World War I. During the war he received battlefield promotions to Sergeant. He was dischaged in June of 1919. He began military service on 6 October 1915 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.⁵ He ended military service in June 1919. He was a carpenter in 1920. He was warehouseman with Govt Phone Co. in 1922 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was repairman for heavy equipment with the Rumley Machine Co. in 1927. He was mechanic in 1940. Around 1940 William Albert Boyd decided to shave 7 years off his age so all records after then show his birth year as 1901. William joined the Canadian army and served in Canada in the Second World War. He provided artilliary training at Jasper, Alberta. He was discharged from the Engineering Corps with the rank of Staff Sergeant on 3 Oct 1946. He began military service on 21 August 1942. He ended military service on 3 October 1946. He was maintenance man with YWCA in 1947 at Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was United Church. He was retired in 1963.