Career
Educated at Bradfield College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Boam was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1952. He became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards and was deployed to Northern Ireland where he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services there in 1973. He was appointed Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, District of Columbia in 1981 and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1985.
In that capacity hosted a visit by Princess Margaret.
He retired in 1987. He lives in Pulborough in West Sussex.
