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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Boucher James Allan
|Army number=140026
|Rank=Major
|Decorations=M.i.D 22/3/1945
|Age=0
|Unit=Manchester Regiment - Emer Comm 2/Lt 27/7/1940, Attached Durham Light Infantry 6/2/1943, Posted 70th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI 8/4/1943, With the Battalion on disbandment as 2 i/c 26/8/1944, Wounded.
|Company/Battery=B
|Task or role=Coy Cdr 8/4/1943, Bn 2 i/c 8/8/1944
|Joined Brigade=08-Apr-43
|Promotions=W/S Lt & T/Capt 24/7/41, T/Major 29/9/42
|Home address=Dateof wounding not known. Released 1946 as Hon Major.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Rank=Major
 |Decorations=M.i.D 22/3/1945
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=27/10/1916 - registered at Barrow in Furness.  Mother's maiden surname Wardle.
-|Age=0
+|Age=86 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Manchester Regiment - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 27/7/1940.  Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/2/1943.  Posted 70th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 8/4/1943.  Served Normandy.  With the Battalion on disbandment as Battalion 2 i/c 26/8/1944.  Wounded.  Released as Hon Major 1946.
+|Unit=Joined the Manchester Regiment - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 27/7/1940.  Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/2/1943.  Posted 70th Bn DLI.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI 8/4/1943.  Served Normandy.  With the Battalion on disbandment as Battalion 2 i/c 26/8/1944.  Wounded.  Released as Hon Major 1946.
-|Company/Battery=B Company.
+|Company/Battery=B Company.  Battalion HQ.
 |Task or role=Company Commander 8/4/1943.  Battalion 2 i/c 8/8/1944.
 |Joined Brigade=08-Apr-43.
-|Promotions=W/S Lt & T/Capt 24/7/41, T/Major 29/9/42.
+|Promotions=W/S Lt & T/Capt 24/7/41. T/Major 29/9/42.
 |Wounded=Yes - exact date not known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death September 2003, aged 86, at Wallasey, Cheshire.
-|Home address=No family information as yet.
+|Home address=In 1939 he was living in Wallasey and working as a Municipal Civil Engineer.  He married Gertrude M Ambler (born 8/11/1913) in Q1 1939 in Wallasey.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Major
 |Decorations=M.i.D 22/3/1945
-|Date of birth=
+|Date of birth=Not yet known.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Manchester Regiment - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 27/7/1940, Attached Durham Light Infantry 6/2/1943, Posted 70th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI 8/4/1943,  With the Battalion on disbandment as 2 i/c 26/8/1944, Wounded, Released as Hon Major 1946.
+|Unit=Manchester Regiment - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 27/7/1940.  Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/2/1943.  Posted 70th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 8/4/1943.  Served Normandy.  With the Battalion on disbandment as Battalion 2 i/c 26/8/1944.  Wounded.  Released as Hon Major 1946.
-|Company/Battery=B
+|Company/Battery=B Company.
-|Task or role=Coy Cdr 8/4/1943, Bn 2 i/c 8/8/1944
+|Task or role=Company Commander 8/4/1943.  Battalion 2 i/c 8/8/1944.
-|Joined Brigade=08-Apr-43
+|Joined Brigade=08-Apr-43.
-|Promotions=W/S Lt & T/Capt 24/7/41, T/Major 29/9/42
+|Promotions=W/S Lt & T/Capt 24/7/41, T/Major 29/9/42.
-|Home address=Date of wounding not known.
+|Wounded=Yes - exact date not known.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}