H.+J.+BOAM

Boam, Herbert James, Private, 242753, 2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Former service number 63176 Attested under the Lord Derby Scheme in 1915 Called up for service October 1916 Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal Born Wormhill, Derbyshire Enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire Killed in action 27th March 1918 aged 23 Commemorated on the Arras Memorial

1911 Census Born Peak Dale, Derbyshire A lime works labourer Son of Albert, a lime works carpenter, and Elizabeth Boam, of Upper End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire


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