Boam,+John+Wm

 Boam, John William, Private, 8017, 1st/6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Born Elton, Derbyshire Enlisted Derby Previously served with 1st/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, service number 5/4375 Killed in action 15th September 1916 aged 23 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

1911 Census A farm shepherd A servant in the household of Joseph Harrison, a farmer, of Mouldridge Grange, Winster, Derbyshire

(Photograph from the Derbyshire Courier, 21st October 1916)


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