Thomas Boycott

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Thomas Boycott

Private No. 18499

“C” Company 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.

Killed in action in France (Battle of the Somme) 14 July 1916. Age 22.

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12A and 12D

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Born in Malpas in 1894.

Second son of William and Elizabeth Boycott of Old Hall Street, Malpas.

His younger brother, George, also lost his life in 1919.