BOYCE, James Wesley R.
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Known as:
Ginger
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Suffolk Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5828291
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Wednesday, January 31, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Private James Wesley Boyce, 4 Troop, died during the battle for Hill 170 at Kangaw, Burma. Posthumous Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service.
Son of Mr and Mrs Boyce of Bury St Edmunds; husband of Martha Bicker from Irvine.
Son of Mr and Mrs Boyce of Bury St Edmunds; husband of Martha Bicker from Irvine.
Sources
CWGC.
London Gazette 37425, page 382.
Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.
[Image] Suffolk and Essex Free Press 01 March 1945.
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