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{{Personnel
|id=1084
|Surname and forenames=Boston Thomas
|Army number=4454587
|Rank=Private.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date known as yet but his number suggests early 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939.   Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War 20/6/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 7/9/46.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not known.
|Age=(At the time of his death) Not known.  
|Company/Battery=B Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not known.
|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 20A, PoW Number 7559.
|Home address=15, Cypress Crescent, Dunston-on-Tyne.
|Source table=1TS
}}