Louis Boyle was the son of Joseph and Annie Boyle. He was born in Cookstown on 27th September 1892. He was of twelve children. The family lived in Cookstown. Like his father, Louis was a painter. Louis Boyle emigrated to Canada. Louis Boyle enlisted in the Canadian Infantry in Ottawa on 18th August 1915. Private Louis Boyle was serving with the 24th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry when he was killed in action in France on 17th September 1916.
The Vimy Memorial overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted.
