Basic Details
Surname
Boyes
Forenames
Vernon
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Thomas Vernon
Served or died
Died
Service number
260493
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.'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Harponville
Cemetery
Communal Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
July
Day of death
30
Age at death
21
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action