Private Thomas Elliott Boad

Army Number: 71484 (formerly 31594 North Staffordshire Regiment)

Battalion: 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at South Shields, County Durham. Son of Thomas Elliot Boad and Mary Boad, of 25, Johnson Street, South Shields. He enlisted at South Shields and was Killed in action, 21st March 1918, aged 20, whilst holding the line near Sorrell Wood/Longeuval, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated : Pozieres Memorial, France. Panel 52 to 54.

Private Thomas Elliott Boad is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, South Shields, Couty Durham.
Johnson Street War Memorial, South Shields, Couty Durham.