Lance Corporal 300973 Samuel Henry BOONHAM

Lance Corporal 300973 Samuel Henry Boonham{gallery}L/Cpl S H Boonham{/gallery}1st Battalion, Staffordshire Yeomanry (Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps)
Died from malaria in the French Hospital, Damascus, Palestine 16th October 1918, aged 22

  • Buried: Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon
  • Awarded: Victory and British War Medals
  • Son of Samuel and Mary Boonham
  • NNWFHS Memorial: Middleton

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1911 Census and Family History Information

  • Born Jan Qtr 1896 in Tamworth at either Middleton [1911 Census] or Bodymoor Heath, Kingsbury [CWGC]
  • Employed as a servant to Sidney Hall at Ash End Farm, Middleton. His mother was the housekeeper.