Notes
He is listed on the memorial as having been a scholar at the school. The school website (see References) states: ‘Private Thomas Boyes was the only Son of Thomas and Ada Boyes who owned cabinet makers and upholsters at 21 Market Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. He had an older sister called Emily. He was educated at Albion and Ashton Secondary School before taking employment at Fallowfield branch of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank Company. He first joined the Duke of Lancaster’s Yeomanry before transferring the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry. He was killed in action on the 30th July 1918, aged 21 years.'