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Life Story

Thomas was born in 1898 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. His father

was John Boulger (a groom) born 1866 in Kildare in Ireland. He was

working in Melton Mowbray when he met Thomas’s mother Kate (nee

Gray) and they married in 1890 in Melton Mowbray. Thomas had a

number of siblings - John Willie, born in the 4th quarter of 1890, James

Edward, born 1895, George, born 1892 and Dora, born 1899. In the

March 1901 census the family home is recorded as 2 Granby Terrace,

Rutland Street, Melton Mowbray. They later moved to 16 Cottesmore

Avenue, in Melton Mowbray, shown below.

Thomas worked for Edward

Perkins, a greengrocers situated

in the Market Place in Melton

Mowbray. He was the youngest of

the brothers to enlist in the army

and was reported missing in May

1918 following an engagement

21-23rd March 1918.

There is little information on

Thomas. No record is found of

a grave, and Thomas does not

appear on the local war memorial.

The only record currently available is a missing notice in the local paper

from 1918. There is a mention of another brother Hubert, which may

be Thomas, being referred to by his middle name.