No.5828201, Private, James Wesley R BOYCE
Aged 25
"Ginger"
Born in 1st qtr 1920 Bury St.Edmunds 4a:2253, son of Charles and Rose (née DEACON) of Cannon Street, Bury St.Edmunds. His mother died in 1921 and his father
married Elizabeth J PECKHAM in 1922. James married, possibly Elsie P J BENNETT of Belper in 1942
The 2nd Suffolks were in India when the war broke out. They were moved into Burma in 1943 and were active at Imphal. The battalion had 3 men killed on 31st January 1945. |
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