Yeah, absolutely, "This Boy." I'm looking at it more figuratively, instead of literally. I see "that boy" as the perpetrator, the agressor, the one who caused the loss- which could have been the dude in the car who killed, her, could have been his "stepfather", could have been anyone.

I also hear his loss in lines like, "I've got every reason in the world to be sad, because I just lost the only girl I had..." (I hope that's close to the original)...I mean, they sound like love songs, but that was his gift. He could write a song that looked as thought it was designed for one thing, and its meaning was hidden behind so many metaphors. He even used cliche phrases so that he could fool people into thinking the meaning was one thing, when really it was hidden behind those cliches and you didn't even know it.

Cool.

Quoted from Ssarah

John formed his first band, The Quarry Men, in 1957
John was 15 when he met Paul McCartney, who was 14

That is incorrect. John and Paul met after a Quarrymen's gig on July 6th 1957. Meaning Paul was 15, John was 16. The band itself was formed in March 1957.

Quoted from Ssarah

John's mother died after being hit by a car

The car was driven by a drunken policeman off duty.