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• Name BOON
• Initials T
• First name THOMAS
• Place of birth Gretton
• Country Northamptonshire, England
• Family Son of John Henry and Martha Boon
• Extra info Husband of Elizabeth Bradshaw, of "West Wells," Gretton, Kettering, Northants.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment December 1915, Kettering
• Service number 102125
• Rank Gunner
• Regiment and unit 301st Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
• Army - Corps - Division ?
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career To France 25 October 1916; in hospital between 25 October and 6 November, treated for gas wounds;

Death

• Wounded 6 September; Walkers farm, north of Dikkebus, Germans found their gun position and they hit it; five others also died and are buried in Lijssenthoek: Dixon, Hesson, Pamphilon, Reeves and Turner;
• Type of wounds Gunshot wounds in both legs
• Date of death 7 September 1918
• Died at the age of 34
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - J - 25

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