P+Boam

Boam, Percy, Private, 74185, 28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Born Derby Killed in action 6th June 1916 aged 29 Son of the late Thomas Herbert and Emma Boam Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Canadian Army Service records information: Percy was born in Derby, on the 3rd July, 1883 (according to his attestation form). He enlisted in Dauphin, Manitoba, 22nd January 1915, stating his occupation as a farmer, and his next of kin as his mother, Mrs. T. H. Boam, of Kedleston Road, Derby. He had previously served with C Squadron of the Derbyshire Yeomanry. He was five feet seven inches in height, had a fair complexion, blue eyes and fair hair, and belonged to the Church of England. He had a scar on the right of his stomach.


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