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Private Edwin Walter Bougourd
1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry,
transferred to Machine Gun Corps 28/03/1918
Born in 1899 at Vale, Guernsey. Son of Richard Bougourd
and Esther Nicolle of Marais, Vale. Brother of William
James Bougourd who also served. Was still a schoolboy
in 1911.
Originally joined the RGLI (Pte. 1323). Transferred
to Machine Gun Corps 28/03/1918. Incorrectly spelled
as Bougeard in Diex Aix. After the war he went back
to live with his parents and worked as a greenhouse
worker for Mr H Du Port at Gran Rue, Vale.