Boston Thomas Pte 4454587
Personnel Entry
Name Boston Thomas
Army number 4454587
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not known.
Age (At the time of his death) Not known.
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.
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.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20A, PoW Number 7559.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not known.
Home address 15, Cypress Crescent, Dunston-on-Tyne.
Source table 1TS
